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Post by: bk on November 26, 2003, 12:13:49 AM: Whew, you've read the notes, you know the megilla, so go to it, dear readers.

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Post by: Ann on November 26, 2003, 01:23:25 AM: It's 1:20 am...I have four and a bit pages...must keep writing...and must not succumb to the urge to get a midnight snack...

BTW, count me in on the HHW gathering in Portland. I'm another Portland lover...would love a visit there
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 26, 2003, 01:33:06 AM: Reward yourself with chocolate Ann. Hope the paper works out well for you. Good night.
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Post by: Jed on November 26, 2003, 01:51:09 AM: Why am I still up? I'm not even working on a paper!
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 26, 2003, 02:41:38 AM: Another NEW picture from Tom From Oz!

No DR George, the band from Indiana is NOT playing Smack that Bitch UP! They are playing a classic tune. I heard the title on the news last night, but I forget what it is. If I find out, I will post it.

MDS the BLURBS posters were very funny! Thanks!

So many things to write about, and I am not even doing a paper. I still after all these years do not understand teachers and professors who put the value on the number of pages of a paper rather than the content. But it has always been so, and probably always will.

Hmmmmmmmm.....I will have to consider my question of the day.
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 26, 2003, 02:44:07 AM: Ah yes, the Bloomington North Band is marching in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and will play - instead of Thriller - the John Mellencamp song R.O.C.K. in the USA!
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 26, 2003, 02:57:46 AM: I am cutting up paper. Does that count? CD covers for a DR in New York. It is a strange world indeed where my CD originates from a demo recording in the USA and I am sending one back there as it is not available. At least it is note even 10pm here. My Colin is in a hospital bed recovering from surgery. The delightful surgeon (who now knows both of intimately - well he has seen inside both of us) rang me earlier to let me know that my Chef has survived the trauma. Now I have to remember to do all those things on the list - water vegetable garden, buy the paper, go to the bank, post the parcels. Oh the stress. I hope I have time to "tune in" to HHW.
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 26, 2003, 02:58:59 AM: The lights are on in Phoenix as well.
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Post by: Jed on November 26, 2003, 03:03:57 AM: TFO - Best wishes to Colin for a speedy recovery.
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 26, 2003, 03:25:26 AM: Thank you Jed. The two dogs are very much aware that he is not here today. I think they will be sleeping with me tonight!
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Post by: Danise on November 26, 2003, 03:45:52 AM: Morning all! Gotta run! I'm late, late, late!

Have a good day, posters and lurkers!

Danise
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 26, 2003, 04:18:44 AM: Good wishes to Colin for a speedy recovery.

That is quite a find from EBAY you posted yesterday, Mr BK.

Yes, EBAY is a treasure chest. I just won a copy of the soundtrack LP from INSIDE DAISY CLOVER for $5.00!
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Post by: Michael on November 26, 2003, 04:29:26 AM: First of all DR Tom. Good vibes and thoughts to Collin!

Thank you Bruce for column today. Last week I posted about the various shows that were closing and said how surprise I was that the producers were closing shows instead of letting them drag on and on. Bu I thought it was a good thing. Ego was very much involved. Never understood how the producers were allowing Urban Cowboy to run when they were setting record lows for attendance. If I was an investor I would have sued to have it close instead of the dim hope of a Tony Award let alone a nomination.

The next show that will need to close is Taboo. Miss O'Donnel needs to cut her loses now. Also (without discrimination aspect of it) why did they cast an actress who was pregnant? Unlike TV or films they can shoot around it. She was one of the few people to get positive reviews and will leave the show within a month or so of its opening. Taboo has been hovering in the low 50% range. Time to say bye bye. She should have brought in the new director when she had the chance!

People are also saying that this might give Urinetown a chance to move to a new theater as they are closing the Henry Miller to build around and over it. But If the show was in the 90% attendance range instead of the 60% range the producers might have gone for it, but the Henry Miller only held 631 seats and they have not even been close to selling out! The producers were right to close the show.

Roundabout is also right to close Cabaret. They are a non-profit organization and they have a lot of people to account to.

From last week's attendance and grosses Broadway is in a big slump!! No show sold out and they all drop in attendance except for two shows The Caretaker with O.1% and Taboo with 0.08% which probably might have been papering the house.

To see the latest figues and comparisons to the previous chart go here.

http://www.playbill.com/features/article/82972.html
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Post by: Michael on November 26, 2003, 04:35:42 AM: Forgot to mention that I won the LP of Dorothy Loudon at the Bon Soir from the early 60'S/

What a find BK since only 4 songs of the 15 or so songs sung in the opening night (and closing night) were actually Lionel Bart's. The balance of the songs were the uncreditd songs by Elliot Lawrence and Martin Charnin. 13 songs by Bart were dropped before opening. I am wondering if the reason for this was this during the time that Mr. Bart was in the Funny Musical Home on Long Island?
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 26, 2003, 04:38:34 AM: Interesting figures, MDS. As long as a show makes its "nut" - I think it can run....keeping some people working. But as Mr BK and you point out - why run when you are losing money? Most theater is NOT non-profit! Or at least not on purpose!
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Post by: Ben on November 26, 2003, 04:57:33 AM: No questions for BK or DRs yet. It will be a short day at work. I'm outta here (as they say - who is this they anyway) at 11:30am. Hoo and Ray!!!
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Post by: Ben on November 26, 2003, 05:15:05 AM: I forgot. I saw Sex on Toast last night! The Boy from Oz. Yes, the book is a big, jumbled mess and yes, they have cleaned up Mr. Allen's life and some of the songs seem shoehorned in to the plot, but Mr. Jackman on stage is a wonderful sight to behold. The man is sexy and funny and warm and honest and he tears up the stage. This is the time of year when Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS makes a pitch for funds and last night they auctioned off a shirt that Jackman wore in the show. He signed it and agreed that the winner would also get a picture with him. They ended up auctioning off two shirts for $2,000 each so besides the bucket brigades (cast members stand out in the lobby and audience members drop in dollar bills or fives, etc.) BCEFA took in $4,000 last night from BFO. Made me feel good. Full price tickets are certainly outrageously expensive, but the show is on half-price every night. It's not a great show by any means but Jackman is so good it's worth a half-price ticket just to see him. And, unless some major event intervenes, he has the Tony for Best Actor in a Musical sewn up.

Part of my Christmas vacation is always spent working with BCEFA putting together gift bags for PWAs (children and adults). I'll start doing that next week (December 4th). We fill up about 2,500 bags which are distributed to the Actor's Fund AIDS Program, The Actor's Home in New Jersey and various AIDS Service Organizations in NYC and New Jersey. If you're in the NY area and would like to help out (it's only during the day), send me an e-mail and I'll let you know where and when. You will meet a great group of people, do a good thing and have a great time in the process.
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Post by: Ben on November 26, 2003, 05:17:52 AM: Oh, yes, TFO, best wishes to Colin for a speedy recovery.
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Post by: Ben on November 26, 2003, 05:49:58 AM: The figures Michael mentions are usually available every week on Playbill On-Line. It's interesting to see the ups and downs of Broadway shows. Not even Lion King sold out last week and that's usually one of the only shows to do so. It did play to well over 90%, as did Wicked and Mama Mia, but none of them sold out.

Another quiet morning at HHW as I alone peruse the board waiting for interesting posts and tidbits, thinking of the sleeping West Coasters, except maybe Kerry, who has been know to be up at this time. Maybe he's making those delicious "doggie donuts"
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Post by: td on November 26, 2003, 05:51:55 AM: My best wishes for Colin's speedy recovery. . .can you send the cute doctor my way once Colin is well?
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 26, 2003, 06:21:32 AM: hey TD - here's a doctor for ya! ;D
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Post by: William E. Lurie on November 26, 2003, 06:24:03 AM: Perhaps if Broadway ticket prices were a little lower and discounts more available so many shows would not be closing. And why is selling tickets at TKTS considered a sign that a show is in trouble? The producers of THE PRODUCERS refuse to use TKTS in this pre Matthew and/or Nathan return period because they said it would make people think the show is a flop. Isn't $50 a seat instead of $100 better than nothing?
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Post by: Matt H. on November 26, 2003, 06:31:38 AM: DR Ben, thanks for the review of THE BOY FROM OZ. If I were in NYC right now, it's definitely a show I would go see despite the less than rapturous reviews for its content. Sometimes star turns like Jackman's are worth the money, and I'm sure for me it would be. Looking forward to listening to the cast CD soon.

Just got around to reading the review in VARIETY of WONDERFUL TOWN - a rave especially for Murphy. Funny, but that awful theater reviewer for USA TODAY, who usually likes everything, was lukewarm on WONDERFUL TOWN.

For Ask BK - you have a huge DVD collection and continue to get new ones every week (as many of us do). How often do you go to your shelf and pull off a DVD you've already watched rather than going for something you haven't watched yet?

I have to confess, I have a stack of DVDs bought but not watched, and I almost feel guilty when I go to the shelf and pull off something I've already watched repeatedly when I have new stuff waiting to be seen. I know that's silly, but I do feel like I should be lowering that stack of unseen DVDs instead of watching things already seen.
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 26, 2003, 06:42:53 AM: Yes, DR Ben, thanks for the BOZ review. I always appreciate hearing from DR JASON and DR CRAIG and others who see shows and let us know their opinions. Not as good a being there, but close!

My questions for ASK BK day:

Do you know producer/director Maury Dexter?

AND

What are your nominations for DVD of the year, so far?

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Post by: Ben on November 26, 2003, 06:46:29 AM: JRand, that picture looks like a Doctor Kildare kind of cover or something similar.
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 26, 2003, 06:48:30 AM: DR BEN - that is Miss Sandra Dee in "Tammy and the Doctor" - and the doctor is Mr Peter Fonda!
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Post by: Ben on November 26, 2003, 06:50:38 AM: Oh, my, yes. Now that I go back and look, I see it immediately. Did they do a paperback series of Tammy novels to go with the films?
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Post by: td on November 26, 2003, 06:59:04 AM: Quote from: JRand53 on November 26, 2003, 06:48:30 AM
DR BEN - that is Miss Sandra Dee in "Tammy and the Doctor" - and the doctor is Mr Peter Fonda!

I knew that.

Maybe that should be my DR/BK question of the day: Who are your favorite fictional doctors? Who are your favorite television doctors? Who are your favorite film doctors?

Mine:
film:
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fiction:
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Post by: Matt H. on November 26, 2003, 07:07:58 AM: Just gotta love that Dr. No!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on November 26, 2003, 07:27:31 AM: I can't breathe!

-How's that for an opening line?

Well, the sinuses are back in full force this morning... damn, theatre dust/cold bug in the air/etc... Guess I should take an antihistamine before heading into understudy rehearsal. I'm feeling OK, but there's just soo much crap up in my sinus cavities right now... At least I'm not coughing, and my nose really isn't running at all either. A hot shower should help in a few minutes.

As for the shows closing... I'm planning a nice mini-splurge-vacation in NYC in January after Camelot closes. Thankfully, I have some sources for house seats, but I started checking general availability for a couple of shows, and there are a bunch that aren't selling tickets past January 4 at this time. Something tells me January 4 will be another Black Sunday on Broadway. We'll see if the various producers out there will make evaluations before or during the holiday season.

And as far as the current slump right now... November, pre-Thanksgiving, has always been slow - at least in my experience. In fact, if I'm able to go up to NYC in the fall, I go in November since I'm usually able to snag up some pretty decent seats for shows, half-price or otherwise.

DR Ben - How do you get those free tickets? Huh? ;)

As for Ask BK Day...

Do you have an E-bay nemesis? Someone who you find yourself bidding against on a regular basis? If so, who wins most of time?

And for Ask DR Day... Well, this question is more like Ask DRs in NYC Day - or at least those DRs really familiar with NYC...

For my trip up in January - and I, strangely enough, like NYC in January - I'm currently planning on splurging on a nice, near Times Square Hotel - or maybe even something on the East Side. *I've always been fond of the Omni Berkshire Place - and they just remodeled/rerurbished again! However, do any DRs have any other suggestions for a nice, cozy or spacious place I should look into staying? -And, yes, I will have a guest with me... let the mystery begin! ;)

And now for all DRs...

What Thanksgiving side-dish do you absolutely refuse to eat, cannot eat, will not eat, makes you sick at just the sight and smell of it?

-This may have been a topic of discussion sometime in the past - ??? In any case, I really don't have any real aversions to most side-dishes. However, I've been to some other family's Thanksgiving dinners, and found some of their "traditional" side-dishes quite interesting. I seem to remember some canned tuna, canned anchovy concoction at one celebration... Very interesting contrast to the turkey and massed potatoes.

Interestingly enough, my Filipino parents have, for the most part, always prepared a very traditional Thanksgiving dinner. Although my dad has gotten into preparing leg of lamb as well on Turkey Day as well as Christmas.

Well, I must dawdle no longer - not that my time spent here on HHW would ever even come close to dawdling - but duty calls and I must ready myself to head to rehearsal. Hopefully, we'll be able to stumble through the whole show.

Ciao for niao!
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Post by: Matt H. on November 26, 2003, 07:33:31 AM: I love stuffing (or dressing as we call it down South), but if it has oysters in it, I just won't eat it. My mom used to make me a pan of plain dressing since she knew I wouldn't touch the oyster dressing she made for the rest of the family.
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Post by: Ben on November 26, 2003, 07:39:03 AM: DR Jose: Giblets make me cringe. The sight and smell are not even remotely pleasant and I would do my best not to eat them. My father, however loved them. I am also not a fan of brussel sprouts. I love Brussels, in Belgium, but not those awful tasting little vegetables (I do love most veggies in general though).

Don't have any hotel recommendations. Usually when folks come they stay in our little apartment in Chelsea (I'm too nice), although when my sister comes, also in January, with her husband for a musicians conference (I didn't know you guys had conferences ;-) they will stay at the Marriott Marquis.

I get free tickets from Equity. Even though I no longer perform, getting my Equity card was a lifetime (well from 14 years old anyway) dream and I couldn't imagine either resigning from the Union or going on withdrawal so I just pay the twice a year dues. Getting two free Broadway tickets makes up for paying my dues. I also get very cheap tickets through TDF and we have friends who live in Manhattan Plaza (the subsidized residence for artists). Free tix are often distributed there as well and we get notified by our friends. It's how Anthony got to see Florence Henderson in the Singular Sensations Series. I was in Cleveland when he went so I was unable to go. He enjoyed it a lot and we're disappointed that they canceled the rest of the run. Carol Channing was a big success and then Donna Macheknie (boy did I mangle that, I can't remember how to spell her name!!!) did not sell as well and Florence hardly sold at all. They decided to cut their losses (to go back to an earlier topic today) and shut down after Florence this past Sunday. Oh, well.

P.S. I'm having the problem that Dan-in-Toronto mentioned very early after the board changed over. I never had it before but it began today. I come to the board and even though I have a cookie from a previous session, I need to log in. I check always remain logged in when I sign in but to no avail. I've been to the site many times today and each time I get here as "guest" and I need to log in again. Oh, well, this is my last day on this computer for a month so it's not a big issue. I'll see how it goes on the home PC.
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Post by: MBarnum on November 26, 2003, 07:39:45 AM: Good morning! Short day at work for me today! Hurray! And then a long weekend! Hurray again! ;D

You know I always come up with questions for ask BK/DR day, but when that day finally rolls around I have forgotten what it was that I wanted to ask!

When I think of a question I will return!
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Post by: Kerry on November 26, 2003, 07:40:31 AM: As far as Swishy Sarah's announcement that she was to become the the new Mrs. Mark Bakalor, she may have to put up a fight. i was hoping to be the new Mrs.Mark Bakalor. He very graciously declined my proposal (or was it a proposition?) about a year ago, but he's still on my list of hotties, and I have not given up hope. There's just something about him. Don't worrry, Jason and Jose and Ben and Ant, you're still on the list too.

By the way, Tom from OZ, -- great new picture of you.

I did NOT read the blurbs yesterday and won't until AFTER I read the book. It's just one of my things.

More later.
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Post by: Ben on November 26, 2003, 07:44:34 AM: Kerry: You sweetheart <blush>. Thanks, I'll let Ant know what you said.
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Post by: MBarnum on November 26, 2003, 07:46:19 AM: DR Jose: Unlike DR Ben I love the giblets! But I have never really liked dressing that much. I think it just depends on how it is prepared. There is some spice that goes in to it (at least in my family) that I abhor and so I just can't eat it. Aside from that anything else on the table is not likely to escape my gaping maw!
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Post by: Ben on November 26, 2003, 07:46:57 AM: Miss Jennifer, you must post, post-haste today so you can attain your Goddess status. At this point, 49 posts separate us. Post away my Canadian pretty. I'll have something to work toward.
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 26, 2003, 07:48:49 AM: DR BEN - I think I have seen a novelization of that Tammy movie - but that illustration from a Sandra Dee Appreciation Site is a cropped Lobby Card, no doubt.

My favorite tv doctor is Dr. Kildare! Although Dr Joe (that's a copout!) Gannon is a close second. Dr Marcus Welby is probably the tv doctor I would most trust. ;D

Favorite movie doctor is Dr. Quintus Ratcliff from The Undead who hypnotized a patient into the past, joined her and got stuck there!

Hmmmmmm...doctor in literature....hmmmmmm.....probably Dr. Watson who helped Sherlock Holmes on all his cases!

Least favorite side dish? Spinach or broccoli. I liked Jose's idea of massed potatoes!

I wonder if DR Jose's mystery guest plays the drums? ;)
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 26, 2003, 07:53:57 AM: Hmmmmmmmm.....how nice that I have at last escaped the ranks of hottie-dom.
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Post by: Emily on November 26, 2003, 07:54:44 AM: Good morning everyone!

I spent a delightful evening on a MSN four-way (take your minds out of the gutter!) with Swishy, Andrea and Mr. Mark Bakalor. I think S, A and I all proposed to Mark at least once, but Swishy was the only one with any success. Supposedly I am too belligerent in my proposal style and must work on easing-down on my "wanna marry me?" technique. I say Pshaw! Pshaw I say! I am never belligerent! ;)

I also did NOT send Swishy any selections from Urban Cowboy, Avenue Q nor Zanna Don't during the evening. I am a perfectly law-abiding person! ;)

My Question for ASK DR Day:

If you had the chance to play any role in any musical or play, which role would it be? This is a question that does NOT take into consideration whether you have talent or not.

I think I would like to be Cathy in the Last Five Years (big shock there I know) or maybe Penny Pingleton in Hairspray. I also think it would be fun to be Maureen in Rent and get to do the whole "Cow Jumped Over the Moon" comedy bit. If only I could actually sing. Details, detail! :)

My Answer for DR Jose:

I really hate stuffing, or dressing or whatever you call bread soaked in turkey fat. People rave about it but I just don't like it.
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Post by: bk on November 26, 2003, 07:57:08 AM: Good morning. Got to run off to work but let me get a few answers in:

Favorite television doctors: Dr. Kildare and the doctors in The Twilight Zone episode, Eye of the Beholder. Favorite foreign doctor, Dr. Genessier in Eyes without a Face. Favorite movie doctor, Dr. No.

DVD question: I have many unwatched DVDs, but, yes, I do occasionally end up watching one of the ones I've seen - I have a few movies that I never tire of and I do enjoy watching them over and over. Or, I'll watch part of a favorite DVD.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 26, 2003, 08:00:00 AM: Favorite TV doctor was definitely BEN CASEY. I bought the sheet music to the BEN CASEY theme just to get the fabulous picture of hairy and hunky Vince Edwards all my very own. If I can rifle through some music without the gun going off, I'll post the cover of that music later.
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Post by: bk on November 26, 2003, 08:02:52 AM: Maury Dexter - I sure know the name but I'd have to look him up to see what his credits are.

DVDs of the year: Once Upon a Time in the West and America, certainly. Finding Nemo is the best-looking DVD of the year, in my opinion (IMO, in Internet lingo). Guilty pleasure-wise, I'd add The Swimmer, The Groucho set and I'm sure I'll think of others as the day goes by.

I don't have an eBay nemesis now, but I certainly had a few in the early days. I used to get quite angry before I knew about sniping. I used to write people and express my annoyance. I actually made a couple of nice Internet friends who were very helpful because of that. But yes, especially with art, there were always two or three of us bidding on the same things in those days. Now, you basically can't give art away - no one is buying it right now, and there just aren't very many good pieces up these days and the ones that are up have reserves that preclude one from getting a bargain like in the old days.
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Post by: S. Woody White on November 26, 2003, 08:03:18 AM: Good morning all! And wishes for a speedy recovery for Colin!

The subject of the day in our house is Cookies! Not the things some sites load into your computer, and not the ones featured in Anyone Can Whistle, but the ones you put in your mouth and munch upon. The hungry der Brucer is on a cookie kick, because we have a new pair of ovens and a new KitchenAid mixer and he is itching to start using them.

I spent the tail end of last night running through some of my cookbooks, and probably have some more research to do, picking out a variety of varieties to make. Good ol' Toll House Cookies are a must, of course. So are Sugar Cookies, the sort where you roll the dough in a ball, cover the ball with colored sugar, and flatten with the base of a glass before baking. Then there are Skickerdoodles and Oatmeal Cookies, and Gingersnaps. Der Brucer has a special jones going for Spritz cookies, the kind that are made with a cookie press (because he spotted a press at a kitchen toy store, and couldn't resist).

Rolled cookies, like Gingerbread Men, might have to wait a little bit: we've plenty of counter space in the new kitchen, but it all has cabinetry hanging overhead, making rolling out the dough a problem. And while we've plans for a table in the middle of the kitchen, I'm insisting that it be taller than usual, since I'm tall and like to work standing up, not hunched over, and most of the tables we've seen that look right are shorter than the counters!

This doesn't even begin to consider bar cookies and brownies, which are a whole world unto themselves!

So, a question to BK and all the H&Ks: what kinds of cookies are your favorites? Both to make, and to munch on?
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Post by: bk on November 26, 2003, 08:10:36 AM: Sugar cookies are my current obsession. Hot, right out of the oven. And I like coconut macadamia nut cookies from Mrs. Fields.
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 26, 2003, 08:10:49 AM: Well, I don't make cookies or bake cookies - but my favorites are wafer cookies and Pecan Sandies!

Mr Maury Dexter produced/director among other films "The Young Runaways" and "The High Powered Rifle." He also did a lot of television directing.
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Post by: S. Woody White on November 26, 2003, 08:11:22 AM: As for Doctors, I never got to see any of the episodes with William Hartnell or Patrick Troughton, so I can't have an opinion about them. Jon Pertwee was fine, Tom Baker totally loopy, Peter Davison ernest if a little bland. Colin Baker was too acidic for the role, but Sylvester McCoy got the balance just right. The TV movie of '96 with Paul McGann hardly counts.
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 26, 2003, 08:15:41 AM: DR MBARNUM of the short day and gaping maw....did you ever locate Miss Dorothy Provine's address?

Also - the internet is such an interesting place. Yesterday while searching around for new information on Miss Allison Hayes, I discovered a Canadian site that is dedicated to her 1958 film "Wolf Dog."

The site is maintained by residents of the town of Markdale, Ontario, where the movie was filmed in August of 1957. There were many messages and notes from the participants about their efforts in trying to track down a copy of the film.

Well, DR's, I got a copy of it on EBAY a year ago, so I contacted the Webmaster. He was excited to hear the news, and I will make him a copy and send it along!

So if you are looking for a "lost" film, or if you wonder if anyone has something you would like to see or hear, never give up! Someone has it! I love the internet!
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Post by: JMK on November 26, 2003, 08:16:52 AM: I've been away--what's this about a HHW gathering in Portland?
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Post by: Ben on November 26, 2003, 08:19:35 AM: In approximately 15 minutes I will be gone (at least from work). I'm salivating at the thought. Also at the thought of good Ginger Snaps. They are my favorite, although a nice, warm oatmeal raisin cookie can make me smile. If there are none of those, then a warm tollhouse cookie will certainly do.
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Post by: Ann on November 26, 2003, 08:22:26 AM: Paper is done!!! Edited, footnoted, and ready to be handed in. Now I only two more papers EVER to do during my college career. Yay!!!!

Jed - what on earth were you doing still awake at 3 am? I sure hope the phone didn't ring this morning at 6...
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Post by: Emily on November 26, 2003, 08:23:13 AM: ooh... I like ginger snaps too Ben.

You can buy the thick Swedish kind at the IKEA food mart (something which explains my obsession with IKEA!)

:D
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Post by: Emily on November 26, 2003, 08:24:01 AM: congrats ann...

I can't wait until I can say: "no nore papers ever!"
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Post by: Matt H. on November 26, 2003, 08:29:17 AM: Cookies - an obsession at my house in just about any size, shape, or flavor. Sugar cookies at this time of year are REQUIRED.

Store bought favorite is Nutter Butter, but truly, there aren't many cookies out there that I don't like. I overdosed as a kid on Pecan Sandies and haven't had them in years remembering how stuffed I got on them once.
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Post by: MBarnum on November 26, 2003, 08:29:33 AM: JRand53 that is cool about the Wolf Dog website. Can you e-mail that to me? Did anyone in that town recall the buxom Ms. Hayes? We should start a campaign to get Fox Movie Channel to show Wolf Dog and High Powered Rifle! They must have them in their collection.

SWW: Favorite cookie is homemade (from scratch) chocolate chip cookies with walnuts! Yumm, yumm, yummm. Next up would be homemade peanut butter cookies! 3rd are those chocolate no bake cookies.
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Post by: Maya on November 26, 2003, 08:39:13 AM: Hello! I took a nap last night (I know, I know....what am I doing taking a nap last NIGHT???) and woke up to find out that the server was down and I couldn't get online OR IM. And what do I find out happened in the interim?? Swishy, Emily, Andrea and Mark had a 4 way on MSN (which I have finally registered for) AND Mark took Swishy as his teenage bride. HMPPH! Well, where does that leave me??? I suppose I shall have to wait for Brent Barrett to propose to me...I could be waiting a while.

Hmmm....roles I would like to play...

Mama Rose of course. But I suppose I would have to content myself with Louise til I'm old enough to play Mama.

Fanny Brice

Dot in SITPWG

Luisa Contini

Eliza Doolittle

This is a VERY partial list!

Jennifer--Glad you liked my Goddess song!

TFO--Best wishes to Colin! (And that also goes for Jose and his sinuses)!

Ben--thanks for the Boy from Oz review! Why didn't I buy tickets to see Sex on Toast for my upcoming NYC trip???
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Post by: Emily on November 26, 2003, 08:41:49 AM: Maya what e-mail address are you using with MSN. I'll add you to my list (and give you the contact info for the other DRs on MSN so you can add them to yours!) :)
Title: Re:HEAVEN FOREFEND
Post by: bk on November 26, 2003, 08:43:16 AM: Four ways on MSN. It becomes clear why CERTAIN people are NOT posting in the evening, does it not. Oh, yes, it becomes clear - but let them have their MSN - the good stuff is going on here.
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Post by: Maya on November 26, 2003, 08:43:46 AM: My regular e-mail address, Miss Em...bwaybabie@hotmail.com

Please do send me yours and everyone else's name! And to quote that great chanteuse Pink...let's get the party started!
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Post by: Maya on November 26, 2003, 08:45:08 AM: LOL, BK! Of course the REAL party is always at HHW!!!
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Post by: Noel on November 26, 2003, 08:55:04 AM: Quote from: Emily on November 26, 2003, 07:54:44 AM
If you had the chance to play any role in any musical or play, which role would it be? This is a question that does NOT take into consideration whether you have talent or not.

I think I would like to be Cathy in the Last Five Years (big shock there I know)

Actually, this IS a big shock to me. You'd like to play a character who spends virtually no time on stage relating to another character? I'd think this would be rather lonely. Of course, one could always do a one-person show and be just as lonely.

I always wanted to be J. Pierrepont Finch in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying

Ask DR Charles Pogue: Where does your Frank Loesser quote come from and in what context did he say it? Loesser's my favorite songwriter; in many ways, I aspire to be him (sans the first bad marriage, sans smoking).

Ask BK: Where does one go for good ceviche in your town?

The only cookie I eat nowadays is Oatmeal Raisin.
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Post by: Maya on November 26, 2003, 08:58:39 AM: I loooove chocolate chip cookies...but sugar cookies are delish too.

Noel--Is Where's Charley a good show?? We're doing that show next spring...one of the Loesser shows I'm not all that familiar with. Any info would be very welcome!
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Post by: Emily on November 26, 2003, 09:05:23 AM: Quote from: Noel on November 26, 2003, 08:55:04 AM
Actually, this IS a big shock to me. You'd like to play a character who spends virtually no time on stage relating to another character? I'd think this would be rather lonely. Of course, one could always do a one-person show and be just as lonely.

What can I say, Noel - I'm a loner ;)
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Post by: Noel on November 26, 2003, 09:08:10 AM: I like Where's Charley? a lot, and know it, mostly, from the rather faithful movie that was made, with Ray Bolger repeating his Broadway role. Oddly, there was no original Broadway cast recording made. If it's not as good as the three Loesser masterpieces, realize that nothing could be as good as:
Guys and Dolls
The Most Happy Fella
and
How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying

But Where's Charley has the sing-along standard Once In Love With Amy, one of the best-ever duets Make a Miracle, and the eminently hummable Lovelier That Ever. It's based on a famous farce, Charley's Aunt, and it's all in good fun.

I usually dislike drag, but the drag in this show is similar to Some Like It Hot (and Sugar) - the hero dons a dress to escape a predicament. So, the drag's not making a mockery of anyone or any gender.

What more can I tell you?
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 26, 2003, 09:11:33 AM: Read your email, DRMBarnum...I sent you the link to the Wolf Dog site.

I can only say, my imagination is going wild at the thought of Mabel Douglas, (wife of the owner of the gas station in Markdale, Ontario,) who ran a beauty shop in the back of her husband's station, doing Allison's hair for the movie. Location work can be so glamorous! And I have to admit her hair looks great in the movie!
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Post by: Maya on November 26, 2003, 09:15:58 AM: Thanks, Noel! I knew I could count on you for some good info!
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Post by: MBarnum on November 26, 2003, 09:18:47 AM: Wow, I have never seen that Wolf Dog shot of Allison!
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Post by: Maya on November 26, 2003, 09:20:14 AM: I can just imagine Emily's one woman show...

THE EMILY SHOW

*dance, dance, procrastinate, twirl, procrastinate more, write a page, dance, finish paper*

(Insert anecdote about strained Mali-Ivory Coast relations here)

*dance, dance, flirt, be a tart, dance, flirt with Skippy, dance, dance*

(Sings JRB song)

BOWS!!!

:P :P :P
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 26, 2003, 09:21:45 AM: You all know how there are message boards and sites where the preponderance of posters are pettily predisposed toward pissing on everything? (Alliteration is not my strong suit, so when I get the chance, I try to cut loose).

One of my interests is film music and there are sites where film music is the order of the day. And there are many worthy contributors, normally, toward discussion of same and some of them have extensively researched the subject and have fascinating things to share about the processes of film scoring, including soundstage anecdotes about specific scoring sessions, etc.

And we get something similar here and in Ken Mandelbaum's column, and elsewhere, about Broadway musicals and how scores are developed and shaped.

At any rate, one of the specialty labels that caters to the film music community is Varese Sarabande (for whom BK produced many of his wonderful theater recordings, as well as his Titanic opus). And our very own Nick Redman has -- for more than a decade -- been THE leader in the film score preservation arena and has helmed many hundreds of film score recordings from the gold and silver ages of Hollywood's great past.

One of Nick's first presentations, a decade ago, was the first-ever release of original music tracks, mostly in stereo, from one of Hollywood's greatest movie scores -- Alfred Newmans' "The Robe." At that time, Nick was working at Fox with folks in the music department trying to get as much done with as few dollars as he could amass in an attempt to get music out of the storied Fox vaults (probably the greatest music treasure trove in the world for variety of scores by a variety of composers) in a special series of recordings to be issued by Fox. Among them were "Laura" and "How Green Was My Valley." But for many of us, "The Robe" was the piece de resistance. For the most part this one-CD, 60-plus-minute recording was superb, but we all missed a significant cue called "Crucifixion." As the liner notes pointed out, though, this cue was available in a re-recorded form on the original score release on Decca (an album that never went out of print on LP) and subsequently issued on a Varese CD. Conducted by Newman himself, the album was a faster-paced presentation of the music, but that one cue was quite comparable to the original. At that time, to have acquired the missing cue, they would have had to go to much greater expense in researching and performiing preservation on the film's original master elements. This was not practicable at that time, as I understand it.

Now, 11 years later, Redman has overseen the restoration of nearly 500 (if I have the figure correct) Fox scores (around 200 have been issued on CD), and the Varese CD Collector's Club (established to provide limited runs -- less costly -- of CDs for fans of much-desired scores) has issued many of these treasures to the delight of collectors everywhere.

Sure, there are always a few sour grapes when someone doesn't like every one of the titles issued every three-four months, but mostly, raves ensue.

This week, Varese announced three new Club titles. One is a special treat -- a 50th Anniversary, 2-CD presentation of "The Robe" mastered from the film's original elements, and presenting an additional 30 minutes of music. This remastering from original elements means they've gone to the source and worked with the original recording, rather than using something mixed down by someone else (the source of the first CD was reportedly a two-track mixdown). So far as I know, all the cues are in stereo, and the score is 99% complete (if one film score fanatic who tracks such things is correct, citing two missing cues of a mere few seconds each).

For a film music lover, this is a cause for wild celebration and merriment. It's one of the true masterworks of cinematic music scoring by one of its greatest artists, Alfred Newman.

Today, I found a couple of items in my mailbox from a film music discussion list. One was by a member who legally represents film composers, and the other was by a man whose opinion I've respected for many years.

And both were bitching -- bitching because a label has the temerity to foist "another" recording of this score with just a few extra minutes (30 minutes!!!) of music on the CD-buying public. And what will happen in another 10 years, they asked? Will newer, better source material be found to warrant at 3-CD release?

Can you imagine this, my fellow Kimlets? BITCHING about something they've never had access to before -- a master-reference recording of a complete work NEVER before issued in its entirety and a good 33% longer than previous recordings? This would be the same, to me, of somone reissuing "Gypsy," but with the original performers singing different versions of some songs and including songs that were dropped! Maybe only 10 minutes of new material...BUT WOW! What NEW material!!!

I say to hell with bitch-slapping! I say call out the uzis and let's get this fershluganah firing squad all het up!

I want to be the one to call the "Fire" command and I deny them blindfolds.
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 26, 2003, 09:21:49 AM: Maya MyPapaya - DR Noel is correct. It is a fun score, and a very funny show. The point of view is a bit changed from the play CHARLEY'S AUNT, but it just as funny...."Make a Miracle" is probably my favorite song from the score. I thought there was a cast recording, but it may be from a later production, or I may be thinking of the movie soundtrack....I defer to DR Noel in this regard.

Depending of course upon the director, you could have a LOT of fun in this show. Think THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST with music and a man in a dress.
Title: Re:HEAVEN FOREFEND
Post by: bk on November 26, 2003, 09:23:20 AM: I'm afraid I don't know from ceviche. I don't even know what it is.

Does anyone else think that Mr. Mark Bakalor's hormones are raging? Yes, I think we got us a case of raging hormones here at haineshisway.com
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Post by: Emily on November 26, 2003, 09:25:15 AM: check out the breaking news on CNN... I think this might be considered a slow news day :)

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/11/26/squirrels.memory.reut/index.html

What colour squirrels do you have where you live? Here they are the grey forgetful ones...

Maya - I love the show idea. Now all I need is a producer... :D
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 26, 2003, 09:25:38 AM: Here here, Ron!

The 'State Fair' and 'Best of Everything' CD's are also worthy of my mention. ;D
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Post by: Emily on November 26, 2003, 09:27:25 AM: BK - ceviche is a spanish/mexican seafood salad.

You take raw seafood and a bowl. You put the seafood in the bowl. You toss the seafood in lemon or lime juice. The acid in the juice turns the seafood slightly less translucent. You add some cilantro and other spices as is your wont. You munch.

I love ceviche. It is one of my absolute favorite fish dishes. :D
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Post by: Maya on November 26, 2003, 09:27:54 AM: Thanks, Jrand! I'm glad that I have input from two DR's whose opinions I trust a great deal! The thing is...I know the perfect guy to play Charley. He looooves dressing up!

Ron--Firing squads?? LOL...how very violent! :P Can't you just spray them with Super Soakers??
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Post by: Maya on November 26, 2003, 09:31:02 AM: Ceviche sounds soooo good....

Well, maybe BK might be interested in putting up the Emily Show??? Maybe THAT can fill the theatre that Taboo will most likely soon be vacating!

Can't you just tell that I am in a very mischeivous mood right now??? :P
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 26, 2003, 09:33:43 AM: And strangely enough Maya - in the original play it is Babberly a friend of Jack's and Charley's who is disguised as the aunt....but in the musical, Charley himself takes over the chore.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 26, 2003, 09:38:38 AM: Dear MayaMark'sPapaya: No, Super Soakers is too good for the likes of them.

They're too stupid to live, sez I! But maybe uzis are a bit much.

"Off with their heads!" cried the Red Queen!

But I think they should keep their heads...they're obviously of no use to anyone!
Title: Re:HEAVEN FOREFEND
Post by: Emily on November 26, 2003, 09:39:24 AM: Just thought you all might want to know that the Where's Waldo? books that were popular in the early 90s were actually called Où est Charlie? or Where's Charlie?

Your conversation is making me think of that... :)
Title: Re:HEAVEN FOREFEND
Post by: Jennifer on November 26, 2003, 09:44:01 AM: Quote from: Ben on November 26, 2003, 07:46:57 AM
Miss Jennifer, you must post, post-haste today so you can attain your Goddess status. At this point, 49 posts separate us. Post away my Canadian pretty. I'll have something to work toward.

Ahh shucks I thought you didn't notice.

Yep I will do it today.

But I was just reading the notes first. And I really want to read the newest entry to Juliana's journal.
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Post by: Emily on November 26, 2003, 09:45:03 AM: Jennifer you are 10 posts away from Goddess (if Mark understood our threats)!!!

Snaps to you! :D
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Post by: Philip Crosby on November 26, 2003, 09:46:26 AM: This is my first actual post in this wild new community forum format. Many computer problems and personal traumas in November, so I am just now catching up.

Congrats, BK, on Ken Mandelbaum's lovely review of SCARLET STREET. My question for you, what's up next?
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Post by: Jennifer on November 26, 2003, 09:50:25 AM: Quote from: Emily on November 26, 2003, 09:27:25 AM
BK - ceviche is a spanish/mexican seafood salad.

You take raw seafood and a bowl. You put the seafood in the bowl. You toss the seafood in lemon or lime juice. The acid in the juice turns the seafood slightly less translucent. You add some cilantro and other spices as is your wont. You munch.

I love ceviche. It is one of my absolute favorite fish dishes. :D

Okay I have never heard of this. What kind of raw seafood? Where would I find this?

Btw, I am sorry to whoever I offended this time. Not my intention.
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Post by: Jennifer on November 26, 2003, 09:53:22 AM: Quote from: Emily on November 26, 2003, 09:45:03 AM
Jennifer you are 10 posts away from Goddess (if Mark understood our threats)!!!

Snaps to you! :D

I did not see any threats? :)

Well I'm expecting the worst. And then I'm expecting Ms Maya to take care of this for us.

Btw, did you take the quiz? Why did nobody take the quiz? :(

http://www.paleothea.com/quiz.html
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Post by: MBarnum on November 26, 2003, 09:57:40 AM: Welcome back on board DR Philip Crosby!

Matt did you get all your movies recorded? I taped two of the Hildegarde Withers films which I am transferring to DVD (I don't have a dvd recorder so must go from tape to computer to dvd) and taped on of the Miss Marple films, the one that takes place during a play or something along those lines.
Title: Re:HEAVEN FOREFEND
Post by: Emily on November 26, 2003, 10:00:02 AM: I am athena.

Now you can't say I didn't take the test Jen (with one "n") :)
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Post by: Jennifer on November 26, 2003, 10:01:53 AM: Quote from: Ben on November 26, 2003, 07:39:03 AM

P.S. I'm having the problem that Dan-in-Toronto mentioned very early after the board changed over. I never had it before but it began today. I come to the board and even though I have a cookie from a previous session, I need to log in. I check always remain logged in when I sign in but to no avail. I've been to the site many times today and each time I get here as "guest" and I need to log in again. Oh, well, this is my last day on this computer for a month so it's not a big issue. I'll see how it goes on the home PC.

I have a problem a little bit like this. When I log on to haineshisway.com/community I am logged in as a guest. But when I just simply click on the discussions, I get logged in automatically. It's bizarre. But it happens every single day.
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Post by: William E. Lurie on November 26, 2003, 10:04:48 AM: Help - My backspace key got stuck and erased my whole message which I will now try to recreate!

I love WHERE'S CHARLEY. It opened during a recording strike so there was no OBC made (when the strike ended 2 songs were recorded by the cast but that's all). There is a British Cast album which was reissued on CD, but it stars Norman Wisdom instead of Ray Bolger and as one critic said (about WALKING HAPPY) "If this is Norman Wisdom I'll take Saxon Folly". Still it does show off the score fairly well. The book is a good adaptation of the classic play, although I don't like the fact that the musical combines Fancourt Baberly and Charley Wickham into one character and eliminates Ella Delahay completely. Still it is a far better musical than most of what is being written today and I hope that Encores, Mufti or some other group revives it. Christopher Fitzgerald did it in stock last year and he would be perfect for the role in a NY production.
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Post by: Jennifer on November 26, 2003, 10:07:07 AM: Quote from: Emily on November 26, 2003, 10:00:02 AM
I am athena.

Now you can't say I didn't take the test Jen (with one "n") :)

Okay good. Which goddess is she?

I am going to go :'( now.
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Post by: Jay on November 26, 2003, 10:09:46 AM: Best wishes to DF (Dear Friend) (oh, a She Loves Me reference) of Dear Reader Tom from Oz Colin for a very speedy recovery!

So many questions!

Never met a cookie I didn't like. (And it shows.)

If I were never served candied yams ever again I would be quite content.

I, too, would love to play Mama Rose, but I fear the notion of gender-blind casting has just not taken hold yet, Hairspray notwithstanding. Second choice would be Tevye.
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Post by: Jay on November 26, 2003, 10:11:51 AM: Oh yes. A big welcome back to Dear Reader Philip Crosby!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 26, 2003, 10:13:25 AM: Which goddess is Athena?

She is THE Goddess!

She was goddess of both War and Peace.

She was the main goddess of ancient Athens. It is HER temple that is called "Parthenon" on Athens' acropolis.

All military people -- from all times in all the earth's history -- have been bound to Athena.

"Which goddess is she?" Good grief! And YOU aspire to BE a goddess? Shame!

;)
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Post by: Jennifer on November 26, 2003, 10:17:42 AM: DR Maya: I love the name Maya Maya Mark's Papaya. Is it okay to like that? (if it upsets you, I will refrain).
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Post by: MBarnum on November 26, 2003, 10:22:09 AM: Ok Jennifer, I took the test.

I am Hestia, sweet goddess of the earth! LOL!

But I think I would rather do a "What God are you" quiz...there must be one!
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Post by: Jennifer on November 26, 2003, 10:22:27 AM: Quote from: Ron Pulliam on November 26, 2003, 10:13:25 AM
Which goddess is Athena?

She is THE Goddess!

She was goddess of both War and Peace.

She was the main goddess of ancient Athens. It is HER temple that is called "Parthenon" on Athens' acropolis.

All military people -- from all times in all the earth's history -- have been bound to Athena.

"Which goddess is she?" Good grief! And YOU aspire to BE a goddess? Shame!

;)

Sorry, I don't think that my question came out right. I of course have heard of Athena. But I had copied out about 10 goddesses, and I just couldn't remember what Athena's exact title was. Btw, anyone else find it funny that DR Emily is Athena? :)
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Post by: Jennifer on November 26, 2003, 10:27:08 AM: Quote from: MBarnum on November 26, 2003, 10:22:09 AM
Ok Jennifer, I took the test.

I am Hestia, sweet goddess of the earth! LOL!

But I think I would rather do a "What God are you" quiz...there must be one!

Ha ha, I thought this test was only for women :)

Btw, I have a DR question: Why would anyone who sees another person is happy or having fun try to bring that person down?
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 26, 2003, 10:30:32 AM: I took the test, too. And I was ATHENA!

Emily...SOUL SISTER!!!!
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Post by: bk on November 26, 2003, 10:32:02 AM: Does anyone else think that someone's hormones are running amok? Just asking.

Welcome back, Philip. As to what's on the stove, I have two album ideas for what I'd like to do next (well, three - one of them a solo album with a singer) - I'm still trying to decide which would be the most fun to do.
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Post by: Maya on November 26, 2003, 10:44:07 AM: I am Hera! I thought I would be Athena actually, but I suppose Em and Ron are more Athena than I am. I love how the test result though called Zeus a "man-whore!"

Phil--Glad to see that you're all registered now!

Jennifer-- :P I am my own Papaya!

Jay--Someday, I believe that there WILL be a gender-blind Gypsy! With men as Mama, Louise AND the strippers!

WEL--Thanks for more Where's Charley info! I just need to decide if I want to go out for Amy or Kitty...oh well...whatever I get is cool.

Emily--LOL about Where's Waldo! I loved those books when I was a kid! And I was sooo good at finding him too!
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Post by: Maya on November 26, 2003, 10:44:38 AM: BK, if I ever saw hormones running, I would be very scared!
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Post by: MBarnum on November 26, 2003, 10:45:33 AM: Quote from: Jennifer on November 26, 2003, 10:27:08 AM

Btw, I have a DR question: Why would anyone who sees another person is happy or having fun try to bring that person down?

Well, if someone is an unhappy person then they like to bring others down as well. That would be my guess. It is best to ignore people like that.
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 26, 2003, 10:46:50 AM: Ah yes, I, too, am Athena Virgin Goddess of Wisdom and Patron Goddess of Athens. Bring me a pastrami on rye, and hold the mustard.
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 26, 2003, 10:48:41 AM: DR Jennifer - I agree with MBarnum. That is the reason...these people are unhappy themselves. I see it happen a lot and I immediately work to restore the happiness to the person if possible. And it usually is!
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Post by: Jennifer on November 26, 2003, 10:50:26 AM: Quote from: Maya on November 26, 2003, 10:44:07 AM
I am Hera! I thought I would be Athena actually, but I suppose Em and Ron are more Athena than I am. I love how the test result though called Zeus a "man-whore!"

What was Hera again?

This is cracking me up that the men here are taking the test too!

Don't forget, I was Aphrodite. And in a few minutes I will expect to be addressed as such :)
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Post by: MBarnum on November 26, 2003, 10:52:03 AM: Keep going Jen, you are almost there!
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Post by: Jennifer on November 26, 2003, 10:52:04 AM: Quote from: bk on November 26, 2003, 10:32:02 AM
Does anyone else think that someone's hormones are running amok? Just asking.

Are you talking about me? :-*
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Post by: Jennifer on November 26, 2003, 10:55:47 AM: Question: Btw, I have a DR question: Why would anyone who sees another person is happy or having fun try to bring that person down?

Quote from: MBarnum on November 26, 2003, 10:45:33 AM
Well, if someone is an unhappy person then they like to bring others down as well. That would be my guess. It is best to ignore people like that.

Thanks for those thoughts.

I think I must be too naive or something. When people are down I want them to be happy. But when people are happy, I want them to stay happy. Plus i would never want to be the cause of someone's pain.
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Post by: Jennifer on November 26, 2003, 10:58:15 AM: Quote from: MBarnum on November 26, 2003, 10:52:03 AM
Keep going Jen, you are almost there!

OKAY HERE IT IS.

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]I AM OFFICIALLY A GODDESS!!!!!![/move]
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Post by: Jennifer on November 26, 2003, 10:59:28 AM: Attention DR Maya: You obviously have a job to do. Please take care of it :)
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Post by: Jennifer on November 26, 2003, 11:01:46 AM: Quote from: JRand53 on November 26, 2003, 10:48:41 AM
DR Jennifer - I agree with MBarnum. That is the reason...these people are unhappy themselves. I see it happen a lot and I immediately work to restore the happiness to the person if possible. And it usually is!

That's a really good attitude to have. That actually makes me happy to know there are nice people out there who care.
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Post by: William E. Lurie on November 26, 2003, 11:02:14 AM: Maya - Amy and Kitty are equally good parts so whichever one you get is fine. By the way, I forgot to mention that there was a Warner Bros. movie of WHERE'S CHARLEY with much of the original Broadway cast (including Ray Boldger). It rarely shows up on television and has never been released on VHS or DVD. I think there may be a rights problem.

Is ATHENA the only Goddess to have an MGMusical named after her?
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 26, 2003, 11:03:13 AM: Congratulations, Jennifer! You have entered the Pantheon of the Gods.

Eat, drink, be merry, everyone!

Ben, you are next, I suppose, unless you lollygag a bit longer and let someone else pass you by!!!
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Post by: MBarnum on November 26, 2003, 11:07:37 AM: Congratulations Aphrodite!!! ;D

I have quite a way to go before I am any kind of God.!
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 26, 2003, 11:10:34 AM: Welcome to Jennifer - newest of HHW Gods! ;D
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Post by: Craig on November 26, 2003, 11:15:26 AM: Well well well (and WEL) I have taken the day off today to play catch up. Not Mustards mind you - but Catch Up. I returned recently from picking up my dry cleaning and also from Circuit City where I found quite the bargain. Lovely wood cd/dvd racks (you have to put them together) and each one hold 100 CDs or 70something DVDS. I purchased 6 of them because they also stack! How lovely for me. I made 2 (x3) stacks and have now finished unloading all my dvd's and cds that were left still in boxes from when I shipped everything from storage. Now the only thing I really need to purchase is a TV stand.

So I shall return later to post some more - I still have catching up to do (still no mustard)
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Post by: Jennifer on November 26, 2003, 11:15:42 AM: Thanks Ron, MBarnum and Jrand: those posts made me smile. But I have dark brown hair! :)
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Post by: bk on November 26, 2003, 11:17:43 AM: Speaking of Japanese art, has anyone noticed we're over 100 posts by eleven-fifteen Pacific Mean Time?
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 26, 2003, 11:18:25 AM: [move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]28 Shopping Days Until Christmas[/move]

Just a reminder that Jeepers Creepers and/or Benjamin Kritzer and Kritzerland are good gift choices, and I imagine the books and The First Nudie Musical DVD could be personalized!

Welcome back DR Philip Crosby! And the E/T JMK!
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Post by: Jennifer on November 26, 2003, 11:18:40 AM: Btw, don't forget tomorrow's Macy's parade will have a bunch of Broadway numbers.

Also, tonight's Survivor episode has "the big lie" on it:
http://rapids.canoe.ca/cgi-bin/NewChat/NC-transcript.pl?CHAT_NAME=SurvivorPearlIslands9&WATCHER_ID=838139&ACTION=TRANSCRIPT&LAST=999999
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Post by: TCB on November 26, 2003, 11:19:31 AM: Quote from: Matt H. on November 26, 2003, 08:00:00 AM
Favorite TV doctor was definitely BEN CASEY. I bought the sheet music to the BEN CASEY theme just to get the fabulous picture of hairy and hunky Vince Edwards all my very own. If I can rifle through some music without the gun going off, I'll post the cover of that music later.

MattH, I am trying to keep my mind out of the gutter, but could you please explain this comment?
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Post by: Craig on November 26, 2003, 11:20:44 AM: p.s. Where are MY wedding proposals...???
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Post by: bk on November 26, 2003, 11:21:03 AM: Yes, I'll be mentioning the Kritzer books and Nudie DVD as gifts, and there'll be free shipping for anyone buying for xmas.
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Post by: Maya on November 26, 2003, 11:22:01 AM: Congrats, Jennifer! I will try and address the God/Goddess thing for you, okay? Though Mark may just like the idea of unisex Gods, I don't know!

Hera was Zeus' wife and the goddess of marriage and childbearing, I believe. (So ironic that I got her!) She was famous for tracking down the nymphs and chicks that Zeus was cheating on her with and turning them into animals and trees and things.

Thanks, WEL! It probably is a rights problem with the movie version...didn't the Annie Get Your Gun movie have one until just recently?
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 26, 2003, 11:22:54 AM: How wonderful to be amongst friends. My first check in at HHW (Thanksgivings Day here) and so much to be thankful for - your kind thoughts shall indeed be delivered to Colin this morning. He probably does not need to know that the dogs slept on the bed.
DR Mr Dale: The surgeon really is a delight. He rang last night to assure me the Colin was fine. I'll see if he does home visits internationally. Now back to page 2!
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Post by: Jennifer on November 26, 2003, 11:25:42 AM: Quote from: Maya on November 26, 2003, 11:22:01 AM
Congrats, Jennifer! I will try and address the God/Goddess thing for you, okay? Though Mark may just like the idea of unisex Gods, I don't know!

Hera was Zeus' wife and the goddess of marriage and childbearing, I believe. (So ironic that I got her!) She was famous for tracking down the nymphs and chicks that Zeus was cheating on her with and turning them into animals and trees and things.

It doesn't matter what he wants. What do YOU want? :)

So you are the goddess of marriage and childbearing. That is funny.

I am the goddess of love and beauty. And I think prostitution? I forget what else it said. But it was funny.

Btw, don't turn anyone here into an animal please!
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 26, 2003, 11:26:15 AM: TCB - go watch your tape.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 26, 2003, 11:27:28 AM: TCB: Looks more like a play on words -- "rifle through" & "that gun going off", although I'm not at all certain what he meant might happen! :D
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 26, 2003, 11:31:55 AM: Another two pages and more wishes to passon to Colin from you delightful Kimlets. Thank you all. Whilst I slept (WHY DID NO-ONE WAKE ME?) Heaven welcomes a GODDESS. Rather than say "at last someone to the cleaning", I shall say WELCOME JENNIFER - you have indeed worked hard for your heavenly reward.
Kerry: Thanks. Positive reinforcement - the photo stays. (It was taken just before my elevation to these dizzy heights).
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Post by: William E. Lurie on November 26, 2003, 11:33:31 AM: Why is Pacific Time mean? Is Eastern Time or Central Time nicer?
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 26, 2003, 11:39:32 AM: Welcome home DR Philip.

Doctors: My favourite "Cut in " recordings from the 1960s are/were Mickey Shore's "Dr Ben Basey" and Dickie Goodman's "Ben Crazy". One of my favourite novelty songs from the same era was John D Loudermilk's "Calling Dr Casey". I was not such a fan of "Three Stars Will Shine Tonight" as sung by Dr Kildare.
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 26, 2003, 11:40:47 AM: DR WEL, I am not sure why Pacific time is mean, but Greenwich time is mean as well. Curious.

And yes, as you say, the Where's Charley musical is not shown very often on television.

I am reminded though of Miss Judy Garland's summation of Mr Ray Bolger's particular talent during the filming of "THE HARVEY GIRLS" when she said while watching him work: "Hmmmm.....different music - same goddamn dance."
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 26, 2003, 11:42:12 AM: Question for DR Tom of Oz: Couldn't you have found a BLUE shirt to wear for the photo?
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Post by: Charles Pogue on November 26, 2003, 11:44:06 AM: I'm assuming "The heart must bleed, not slobber." is Loesser's quote. I got it from the Frank Loesser songbook, in the introduction to The Most Happy Fella section:

"Loesser, although a deeply sentimental person himself, detested oversentimentality onstage; he took as his working slogan "The heart must bleed, not slobber. " The Most Happy Fella does not slobber, but it does make the heart bleed."

I have also found it a useful phrase particuarly when working with young creative executives (and they're usually neither creative or much of an executive) and young writers, who cannot distinguish between pathos and bathos, sentiment and rank sentimentality. I think it also makes a great watchword for all artists, who if not careful can go from a real poignancy of the heart into self-indulgent self-pity or self-obssession, both in their work and in their life.

Thanksgiving delicious side-dishes: hate giblets, love dressing if it is not too gussied up with extraneous crap and frou-frou...keep it pretty much bread, meat, nuts. Never much saw the point of cranberry sauce.

Roles I like to play: Cyrano DeBergerac, Richard III, Richard II, Flamineo in Webster's THE WHITE DEVIL, Pizarro in Shaffer's ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN, Edward Damson in Shaffer's THE GIFT OF THE GORGON (the best play I've read in the last ten years), Henry II in both BECKETT & LION IN WINTER, and though I'm not a song and dance guy, I would love to do the The Poet in KISMET, Capt. Hook in PETER PAN (I'd love to do it in a non-musical version as well), and Jack Cassidy's role in SHE LOVES ME so I could sing ILLONA, or Cassidy's role in SUPERMAN just so I could sing YOU'RE THE WOMAN FOR THE MAN WHO HAS EVERYTHING. There are scads of other roles I loved to play.
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Post by: MBarnum on November 26, 2003, 11:45:55 AM: Hey, my best wishes for Colin's speedy recovery too! :D
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 26, 2003, 11:48:04 AM: What I had to go through to please the photographer! The blue shirt was BEAR selected - bare would have been too unseemly.

WEL: Is life more fun if you "vocalise"? "Athena" was one of the first recordings I bought. (10" album). I have never seen the film but last year did buy the CD.
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Post by: Jennifer on November 26, 2003, 11:50:20 AM: Quote from: Tom from OZ on November 26, 2003, 11:31:55 AM
Another two pages and more wishes to passon to Colin from you delightful Kimlets. Thank you all. Whilst I slept (WHY DID NO-ONE WAKE ME?) Heaven welcomes a GODDESS. Rather than say "at last someone to the cleaning", I shall say WELCOME JENNIFER - you have indeed worked hard for your heavenly reward.
Kerry: Thanks. Positive reinforcement - the photo stays. (It was taken just before my elevation to these dizzy heights).

Thanks. Btw, can you recap what happened to Colin (there are so many posts and I'm sorry I must have missed it).

Btw, I have never heard of giblets.
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 26, 2003, 11:51:16 AM: And thanks to you MBarnum. (The Dorothy Provine discs were fom Colin 's collection). I doubt if Colin has bought more than six CDs - why bother when I am more than willing to spend money in that direction. He does have a large collection of records form the Ray Conniff and Percy Faith era.
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 26, 2003, 11:52:56 AM: Thanks Jennifer. Go back to page 1 - about post #5 I think.
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 26, 2003, 11:54:01 AM: #6.
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 26, 2003, 11:54:09 AM: Am I the only one who thinks the art direction in ATHENA is very similar to that in the next year's MGM science fiction thriller FORBIDDEN PLANET?
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Post by: Jennifer on November 26, 2003, 11:56:29 AM: And btw, has DR Ben left already. The celebration is not the same without him!
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Post by: MBarnum on November 26, 2003, 11:56:54 AM: JRand53, I forgot to answer your earlier question. Yes I did find DPs address. If you would like it just let me know and I shall e-mail it to you! Maybe I will watch her film LIVE FAST, DIE YOUNG this weekend!
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Post by: Jennifer on November 26, 2003, 12:00:49 PM: Quote from: Tom from OZ on November 26, 2003, 11:52:56 AM
Thanks Jennifer. Go back to page 1 - about post #5 I think.

Thanks I went back and read it. I hope everything will be okay. And I'm sorry that I was too busy fooling around to notice your post the first time.
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 26, 2003, 12:05:44 PM: Hmmmmmmmmm..........favorite roles I have played:

Frank Galbraith Sr in Cheaper by the Dozen

Mel in The Prisoner of Second Avenue

Hysterium in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Felix in The Odd Couple

Narrator in Into the Woods

Father Drobney in Don't Drink the Water

Dr Dussell the crabby dentist in The Diary of Anne Frank

The roles I would like to play are legion! ;D But since I am like Vera Charles (somewhere between 40 and death) some may be beyond my reach.
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Post by: bk on November 26, 2003, 12:28:24 PM: I'm about to go out and get lunch, which I'll bring back so I can eat and read your excellent posts at the same time. Maybe I'll read my sandwich and eat your posts, just to be contrary.
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Post by: William E. Lurie on November 26, 2003, 12:37:35 PM: I haven't seen ATHENA in years but I remember it reminded me of a musical version of "Physique Pictorial" magazine.
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 26, 2003, 12:47:25 PM: The original artwork:
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Post by: Emily on November 26, 2003, 01:10:41 PM: Quote from: Craig on November 26, 2003, 11:20:44 AM
p.s. Where are MY wedding proposals...???

we don't need to MENTION all of Craig's proposals of marriage. They a state of being m'boy (or at least for me they are) :)

But... if it would make you happy, I'll propose to you too (using swishy's non-belligerent technique):

Craig, you rock my world. Will you marry me? :-*
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Post by: Matt H. on November 26, 2003, 01:19:12 PM: Thank you for asking, DR MBarnum. I got three of the four MARPLEs. The recorder choked on MURDER AHOY for some reason a mere 38 seconds into the recording. The blank DVD-R may have been damaged, or the recorder may have been having a revolt since it had been running since 7:30 in the morning. In any event, I got three of the four, and I'll get MURDER AHOY another time since TCM runs the MARPLEs every few months. I have it on videotape in case I get lonely for it anyway.

My DVD recorder also comes with an 80 gig hard drive, and when I finished recording the last MARPLE on a DVD-R (MURDER MOST FOUL which, as you said, finds Jane Marple involved with a theater company), I switched over to the hard drive to get the two Hildegarde Withers' mysteries which I may dub to DVD-Rs after I watched them again.

DR Ron, you write with such elegance and passion about your film score hobby. It's a pleasure to read someone who feels so strongly about his hobby. I hope you don't let a few neysayers ruin your excitement about finally getting an almost complete THE ROBE.

WHERE'S CHARLEY must have something of a curse on it. Not only was there no cast album made, but the film seems to be in some kind of Twilight Zone of rights complications and is never shown any more. Some canny producer (BK, are you listening) needs to assemble a sterling cast and commit this score to a definitive recording.
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Post by: Jennifer on November 26, 2003, 01:21:31 PM: Where is everybody?

Aphrodite has spoken :)
(sorry, just having fun here).

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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Post by: Emily on November 26, 2003, 01:22:08 PM: I have finally finished my paper (only one more to go this term!)

Now it's time for some serious supper and Survivor with the sisters.

That was quite the alliterative phrase, n'est-ce pas? :)
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Post by: Emily on November 26, 2003, 01:22:48 PM: Jen - who do you think is going to get the boot tonight?

the previews look so exciting!
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Post by: Matt H. on November 26, 2003, 01:31:03 PM: DR TCB, yes my trying to do a play of words with the word "rifle" obviously fell dead at your feet. It was a feeble joke, but it was the best I could do on 5 hours of sleep.
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Post by: SwishySarah on November 26, 2003, 01:31:38 PM: Hi there, fellow DR's. Today was a nice, breezy half day at school. I watched The Lion King in Biology...it is REALLY sad when a classroom full of sophomores in high school still remember every word to every song and line in a Disney movie. I adore that movie...the music is just SO gorgeous.

On Turkey Day, I won't eat stuffing. I don't have a real reason WHY, I think it might be the way it looks. Whatever it is, I'm not disgusted by it, but I have no desire to eat it.

Good vibes Down Under to Colin: Hope you feel better! ~~~~~

I'd like to play...Belle in Beauty and the Beast, or Eponine in Les Miz. Really, I'd like to play ANYTHING. But those would be fun.

Cookies: A cookie from Mrs. Fields with any combination of the following: White chocolate chips, macadamia nuts, or peanut butter. Yummmm. I also love Oatmeal cookies that my dad makes, fresh out of the oven. *drool*

Emily, your approach is still a little rusty. It's more like, "Craig, darling, you're wonderful, you're handsome, you're sexy, you're everything a girl could want in a man. In a word, you're perfect. Would you be my husband?"

Add doe-like eyes and a bit of breathlessness, and you're set.

But you're definitely improving. ;).
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Post by: TCB on November 26, 2003, 01:33:20 PM: Quote from: JMK on November 26, 2003, 08:16:52 AM
I've been away--what's this about a HHW gathering in Portland?

That's right, JMK, and you are hosting the event.

Seriously, I brought up the idea of a get together for all Washington / Oregon Kimlets(that was all, Mr. Barnum) for early spring, with Portland being the most central spot. So far, all positive responses.
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 26, 2003, 01:40:28 PM: And the offer indeed brought JMK back in out of the woods or wherever he has been hiding and/or lurking. Good move TCB.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 26, 2003, 01:49:03 PM: Ummm....Sarah?

What, exactly, was the teacher doing while the rest of the Biology class was watching "The Lion King"?
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Post by: Michael on November 26, 2003, 01:50:34 PM: Quote from: td on November 26, 2003, 06:59:04 AM
I knew that.

Maybe that should be my DR/BK question of the day: Who are your favorite fictional doctors? Who are your favorite television doctors? Who are your favorite film doctors?

Mine:
film:
(http://abc.abcnews.go.com/primetime/movies/bond/images/profiles/villains/bond_gal_v01.jpg)

fiction:
(http://www.dogeared.com/authors/pAuthors/Pasternak%20images/66-G086.1.jpg)

Ah! Dr. No a nice Jewish boy from Montreal.

Ah! Ah! Doctor Zhivago a nice Christian boy from Alexandria
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 26, 2003, 01:50:44 PM: Tom from Oz: Are you able to share with us the nature of Colin's tryst with the surgeon of your dreams?

And when will he be able to return to the bosom of his family?
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 26, 2003, 01:50:51 PM: TCB go watch your tape.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 26, 2003, 01:54:12 PM: TCB: You can do it! You can pass Ben and you can be a god before anyone can blink an eye!

And then, JRand would think twice about being so bossy!

:)
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 26, 2003, 01:57:58 PM: Boy! BK is awfully quiet today. Things must really be cookin' in the workplace!

That or he's having an extended lunch somewhere!

;D
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 26, 2003, 02:00:48 PM: I am not bossy....it's just that my ideas is better.
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Post by: TCB on November 26, 2003, 02:01:58 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on November 26, 2003, 01:31:03 PM
DR TCB, yes my trying to do a play of words with the word "rifle" obviously fell dead at your feet. It was a feeble joke, but it was the best I could do on 5 hours of sleep.

Yes, I got the joke, Matt, I was just trying to read something else into it.
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Post by: SwishySarah on November 26, 2003, 02:02:13 PM: Ron: He was playing online poker, while listening to the new Blink 182 CD on his headphones.

No, I'm serious. He was. They never make you do anything in school for the two days before a holiday break. I've seen 4 movies in school in the past 2 days. Nobody is going to work.
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 26, 2003, 02:02:28 PM: Umbilical and Groin hernias DR Ron. He should be home today. Colin will not be able to play golf this season or GARDEN or mow the Ponderosa. Be wary of any invitations to visit.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 26, 2003, 02:02:32 PM: JRand: Hah!

Sarah: Oh, swell! What a "great" teacher and role model!" It could be worse, I guess. He could teaching all of you to play poker.

Tom from Oz: Ooooooh. Makes me hurt just thinkin' about it. And thanks for the warning. I shall instead drop hints at an invite to France, I think.....
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 26, 2003, 02:05:00 PM: And I know what you were trying to read TCB? Even Gods have such thoughts it seems. I would never have gone that far for Ben Casey - especially only for sheet music. I preferred watching Medic and love the theme music "Blue Star".
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Post by: Matt H. on November 26, 2003, 02:05:59 PM: DR TCB, this is a family site, so the gun I was referring to was a metaphorical one! :D
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 26, 2003, 02:07:30 PM: Am I the only fan of Chad Everett and "Medical Center"?
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Post by: Jed on November 26, 2003, 02:11:35 PM: My goodness, a veritable plethora of topics around here today!

Turkey day side dishes: The only ones I'm not too fond of are cranberry jelly, cranberry relish, cranberry whatever else you may have at Thanksgiving dinner. Not a hatred of them, just not something I choose to eat. I prefer to have my cranberries in juice form.

Cookies: Love 'em. Can't get enough of 'em. Any of 'em. To choose a favorite, I'd have to go with Oatmeal Scotchies.

Roles I'd like to play: Always tops on my list is Tevye. Got to do it in high school, and also understudied it in summer stock a couple years back. The beauty of that role is I can just keep doing it for 50 years!!! I will play Edna Turnblad someday, just no two ways about it. Frederik in A Little Night Music is another I'll mount my own production for someday if I have to. Having played Henry Higgins in high school, I'd like to give Colonel Pickering a shot sometime. Also Ben Franklin in 1776 somewhere down the road. Oh, and Herbie in Gypsy.
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Post by: SwishySarah on November 26, 2003, 02:13:26 PM: Ron: Funny you should say that. I was taught how to play poker in Algebra I, 8th grade, 1st period. Maybe if he hadn't been gambling and had done a LITTLE more teaching, I wouldn't have been having as much trouble as I am.
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Post by: bk on November 26, 2003, 02:13:44 PM: Finished my sandwich, and read all the posts. I'm always here, ever-present. all-knowing, all-seeing.
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Post by: Jed on November 26, 2003, 02:15:42 PM: Quote from: Ron Pulliam on November 26, 2003, 02:02:32 PM
Sarah: Oh, swell! What a "great" teacher and role model!" It could be worse, I guess. He could teaching all of you to play poker.

Ron, they save that for the "probability" unit in Algebra II. :D
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Post by: Jed on November 26, 2003, 02:16:45 PM: Ok, so it's Algebra I... it's been awhile! :D
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Post by: Matt H. on November 26, 2003, 02:18:05 PM: I thought Chad Everett was about the sexiest thing on two legs and I never missed MEDICAL CENTER. Remember the controversial episode where Robert Reed underwent a sex change operation? He got an Emmy nomination for that.
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Post by: Noel on November 26, 2003, 02:21:57 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on November 26, 2003, 02:18:05 PM
Remember the controversial episode where Robert Reed underwent a sex change operation? He got an Emmy nomination for that.

Yes, he got an Emmy nod . . .
but think what he had to give up!
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Post by: Jed on November 26, 2003, 02:26:23 PM: Re: MSN four-ways

Oh, how I do miss MSN Messenger. A few months ago my fershluganah Mac (gah! Wish I could afford a new computer!) stopped cooperating with MSN and I had to re-download it. Well, when I went to download, I discovered that they now only offer MSN for Mac 9.2.2 and above. Having Mac 9.1, I am sadly left in the cold, MSN-wise.

That being said, tevyehiggins can often be found on AOL IM. :)
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Post by: Craig on November 26, 2003, 02:28:59 PM: Sarah-

I swoon. I submit. My answer is a resounding yes....
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Post by: Jennifer on November 26, 2003, 02:32:02 PM: Quote from: Emily on November 26, 2003, 01:22:48 PM
Jen - who do you think is going to get the boot tonight?

the previews look so exciting!

I am not sure. I haven't read the spoilers for tonight in detail. So I'm going mostly on my own gut feelings.

But of course everything will depend on immunity (which always changes everything). Apparently there is something exciting that happens tonight in this contest.

Although I am most excited to see the "big lie".

I hope it's not Burton. I like him best right now. It would seem that Lil has a good alliance with him. I would think that either Crista or Sandra should be the next to go. But the women could form an alliance (although I really don't see Lil turning her back on Burton).

OR everyone could realize how strong Burton is. Darrah and Tijuana and Crista and Sandra don't really have any committment to Burton. Although I hope that the first scenario is the one that happens (i do not like sandra!!).

Survivor and Trista's wedding. What a fun reality tv nite~
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Post by: Craig on November 26, 2003, 02:33:31 PM: Emily -

I think it's only fair that you resubmit your marriage proposal now that you've had some guidance from the Swishster...
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Post by: TCB on November 26, 2003, 02:34:58 PM: Quote from: Tom from OZ on November 26, 2003, 02:05:00 PM
And I know what you were trying to read TCB? Even Gods have such thoughts it seems. I would never have gone that far for Ben Casey - especially only for sheet music. I preferred watching Medic and love the theme music "Blue Star".

I never had a dirty mind till I met you, Ozzie.

Was that the name of the theme music for MEDIC? I thought they used a different theme for that show.

PARTS I STILL WANT TO PLAY

Musical: Sweeney Todd

Non-musical: George In WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
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Post by: MrMarkBakalor on November 26, 2003, 02:35:38 PM: So, fiance, Maya and the rest of my harem... when's my next chat?
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Post by: Jennifer on November 26, 2003, 02:36:22 PM: For DR Emily: Don't you have anything to say about the lack of godess status! I thought you would be outraged :)

Bye all. Need to make dinner.
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Post by: TCB on November 26, 2003, 02:37:47 PM: Cookies: Real shortbread cookies made with lots and lots of butter. Or Toll House. Or Peanut Butter / Oatmeal. Or just Peanut Butter. Or just Oatmeal. Or maybe just a plain bowl of granulated sugar.
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 26, 2003, 02:39:58 PM: But can you make scones yet TCB?
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Post by: Matt H. on November 26, 2003, 02:42:45 PM: I tried to post this a minute ago, but the system on my end seemed to choke even though I cut the size of the picture WAY down.

I'll try again with a picture of my favorite doctor.
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Post by: TCB on November 26, 2003, 02:44:37 PM: Quote from: Tom from OZ on November 26, 2003, 02:39:58 PM
But can you make scones yet TCB?

No, but you should taste my buns.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 26, 2003, 02:48:40 PM: Quote from: Noel on November 26, 2003, 02:21:57 PM
Re: Robert Reed as a transsexual on "Medic": Yes, he got an Emmy nod . . .
but think what he had to give up!

And who remembers John Davidson guest-starring as a cross-dresser on "The Streets of San Francisco"? A truly harrowing portrayal. He, of course, pays the ultimate price for his crime (not the cross-dressing, that was just sauce for the goose).
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Post by: TCB on November 26, 2003, 02:53:04 PM: MattH: Can't you find one where his shirt is open?
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 26, 2003, 02:57:32 PM: I mentioned Dr Joe Gannon in an early post today. Just as I thought, who reads them?

Did someone say Hah?
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Post by: Jed on November 26, 2003, 02:58:57 PM: Well, I do believe the time is here... time for me to go AWOL for a few days. I'm headed home for Thanksgiving, and since my mother does not have a computer, I'll be E&T.

The happiest of Thanksgivings to all my HHW friends (or just a happy Thursday to my foreign HHW friends :D )! I'll rejoin this merry troupe on Saturday!
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 26, 2003, 03:00:39 PM: Like this, TCB? ;D
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Post by: Matt H. on November 26, 2003, 03:02:02 PM: One of the DVDs being released next week that I'm REALLY looking forward to is TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. I really liked it when it came out in the 1980s, and I'm looking forward to the MGM special edition to be released Tuesday.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 26, 2003, 03:03:58 PM: Thank you, JRand, for giving us the COMPLETE picture of this gorgeous man.
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Post by: Noel on November 26, 2003, 03:05:11 PM: I just improvised a waltz in the style of Chopin, and it made my father cry.

So, he's asked me to write it down for him.

Aw, the old softee...!
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Post by: Noel on November 26, 2003, 03:21:37 PM: Also, everybody will want the CD of Our Wedding - The Musical in their stocking. Including my 4-year-old niece with the hit single, Would You Like To Have a Flower

(Should be available next week at www.WeddingMusical.com (http://www.WeddingMusical.com)) :D

(http://www.haineshisway.com/community/attachments/SmallTRP.gif)
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 26, 2003, 03:27:43 PM: Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
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Post by: Andrea on November 26, 2003, 03:31:48 PM: Quote from: Maya on November 26, 2003, 10:44:07 AM
I am Hera!

As am I...

DR Noel, thank you for the lovely, lovely song. I"ll print it out and give a copy to cygopp's parents to put on the fridge.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 26, 2003, 03:32:32 PM: Who is the dude sitting in the pew behind her, to the right? He favors you, Noel! A brother?
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 26, 2003, 03:32:50 PM: Ta-Da! 200th post!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 26, 2003, 03:35:11 PM: Quote from: JRand53 on November 26, 2003, 02:57:32 PM
I mentioned Dr Joe Gannon in an early post today. Just as I thought, who reads them?

Did someone say Hah?

Yes, you did mention Joe Gannon earlier today, but I had no memory of the character name at the time.

But did you mention Chad Everett or name the show, "Medical Center"? I think NOT!

Hah!
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Post by: Andrea on November 26, 2003, 03:35:44 PM: Quote from: Michael Shayne on November 26, 2003, 01:50:34 PM
Ah! Dr. No a nice Jewish boy from Montreal.

Ah! Ah! Doctor Zhivago a nice Christian boy from Alexandria

lol-- well I found that funny!

I just ran into this nice jewish boy that wouldn't date me in cegep cause I wasn't jewish. Let's just I made sure to mention my nice jewish boyfriend a lot!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 26, 2003, 03:36:56 PM: Anyone that anal you don't need to date!
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Post by: Andrea on November 26, 2003, 03:37:52 PM: Quote from: TCB on November 26, 2003, 02:34:58 PM
In WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?

Obviously anyone who has read Virginia Woolf is afraid of her.
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Post by: Michael on November 26, 2003, 03:42:28 PM: ASK BK DAY

1) Since you write and post your new column earlier now, why are you still afraid of the cleaning lady with the evil eye?

2) Is Kritzerland (the label not the book) going to follow the concept of Rhino and Varese which both have clubs and limited pressings of their titles or will you be inventing your own model for the new releases for the label?

3) Will you be re-releasing any other label's forgotten library items on the Kritzerland label?

3A) Will you being do more co-productions like Jeepers Creepers?

3B) Do you have the rights to any of the previous material you recorded and released through Varese and Bay Cities that was not released through the "other label"?

4) What is the current status of the film The Importance of Being Meltz and Ernest and the stage version of The First Nudie Musical? And would you consider submitting the show for a reading as part of the ASCAP series?

5) When researching or getting inspiration from nudie films did you ever come across or see Sinderella and The Golden Bra and Goldilocks and The Three Bares aka Singing in the Sun? both made in the 60's and both claiming to be "nudie musicals" !
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Post by: Michael on November 26, 2003, 03:46:43 PM: In case anyone thought I was making up those titles here is the cover art for the DVD release of both films as a double bill

(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00008RH0U.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)
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Post by: Maya on November 26, 2003, 03:49:27 PM: Quote from: Mr. Mark Bakalor on November 26, 2003, 02:35:38 PM
So, fiance, Maya and the rest of my harem... when's my next chat?

Harem?! I think not! I am not a part of any guy's harem. I am the sultana.

Michael--that's hilarious!

Noel--such a cute pic! She's adorable!

Swishy--that was a magnificent proposal to Skippy. Bravo!

I love everyone's choice of roles! I wish I could type more but I gotta run...my friend and I are going to see "Elf."

Later!
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Post by: Noel on November 26, 2003, 03:53:10 PM: Quote from: Ron Pulliam on November 26, 2003, 03:32:32 PM
Who is the dude sitting in the pew behind her, to the right? He favors you, Noel! A brother?

That's Treubie, one of our choir members. In reality, we look nothing alike, but, at one point, he served as a stand-in for me.

How can I explain this? Treubie was at Joy's bachelorette party, and I was not. However, they had a life-sized photo of my head, and some five plus feet of butcher's paper. They needed to draw an outline of me to put under my head picture on the wall so they could play the classic bachelorette party game, Pin the Unmentionable-on-a-Family-Site-Body-Part on the Donkey == er, Groom. But I wasn't there, so, they looked around at the men in attendance, searching for someone to outline who could approximate my size. And Truebie, who is much taller than I am, got the nod. Unlike Robert Reed, he didn't have to sacrifice anything dear to him in the process.
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Post by: George on November 26, 2003, 03:53:33 PM: Question for BK: When you've been asked to look at a show before it heads to (or opens on) Broadway and give your opinion (I think that you'd mentioned that you were asked to see Wicked), how detailed do you get with what you tell them? Do you give specific line changes or just a general "I think you should change this section" or "You might consider going in this direction" or do you just say "I like it" or "I don't like it"?

And what other shows (if any) have you been asked to give advice about?
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Post by: MrMarkBakalor on November 26, 2003, 04:07:05 PM: Quote from: Maya on November 26, 2003, 03:49:27 PM
Harem?! I think not! I am not a part of any guy's harem. I am the sultana.

Baby you can call it whatever you want... sultana, harem, concubine, mistress...
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Post by: bk on November 26, 2003, 04:10:23 PM: I'm fairly detailed if asked to give notes. I think I have my Wicked comments somewhere - they're fairly long. But it's never about lines or anything, it's about story and structure and clarity always.

Meltz and Ernest's producers' funding fell out when the war happened. I immediately found about half the money but haven't been able to lock in the other half. We'll see what happens. I have had two Broadway producers flake on Nudie and it's currently with a third. We'll see what happens.

Kritzerland, the label, will have its own business model and be just what I wish it to be. In certain ways it will be what I wanted another of my labels to be, but no one had the guts to do it. I'm going to do this exactly the way it makes me comfortable.

Yes, I'd do more co-productions. Yes, I'll be picking up things that were available on other labels.

No, I don't have the rights to any of the Varese material. I do have a couple of Bay Cities things left, though.

No, I never heard of those nudie films. My inspirations (as I say on the commentary tracks) were specifically the terrible movies known as The Lustful Turk and She Came on the Bus.
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Post by: George on November 26, 2003, 04:11:52 PM: Emily asked: what roles would I like to play regardless of talent (I add: regardless of age or gender)?

Georges/George in Sunday in the Park With...

Daphne/Josie (I don't remember which)...the Jack Lemon/Robert Morse part in Sugar a.k.a. Some Like It Hot and Jed, I'm with you: Edna Turnblad is the role to have!

Either one of the stepsisters in Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella would be a hoot!

Rose (yes!) in Gypsy

I've always wanted to play Henrick in A Little Night Music, and since we're talking about fantasy roles, the fantasy would have to include being able to play the cello for real!

There are always more that I just can't remember off the top of my head.

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Vibes, Good Karma and Best wishes to Colin from Oz for a Speedy Recovery![/move]
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Post by: Danise on November 26, 2003, 04:14:10 PM: Good evening all. Sorry for my hasty post but I woke up late and had to hurry, yet again, or miss the bus.

Talking about various shows closing. I can only imagine how heartbreaking and sad it must be for all involved to see something they all so believed in to close or be rejected by the public. I know that one takes ones chances but it leave one to wonder at what point do things go wrong?

Someone comes up with a story. They think it’s pretty good. They show to someone and they say, “Hey, I want to produce that story”. Then more and more people come onboard from the set designers to the actors/actresses, etc, etc. They must believe in the play/musical to some extent or why would they waste their time doing it. At what point does someone say, “This is awful. No one is going to come see this trash!” And even if they did, at what point is it to late to try to fix it? Or is it a case of can’t see the forest for the trees? The people involved are so wrapped up in the story and the work of getting it ready that they can’t see that something is horribly wrong.

You see, BK, you are not the only one who can ramble on about a subject.

JoseSPiano said:

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What Thanksgiving side-dish do you absolutely refuse to eat, cannot eat, will not eat, makes you sick at just the sight and smell of it?
Cranberry sauce. YUCK!

Ben said:

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Giblets make me cringe.

I have to agree with that but can’t agree with calling brussel sprouts

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“Those awful little vegetables”.

I LOVE’EM.

Cookies: Chocolate Chip, Sugar and Maple cookies are my favorites. To nibble on-I’m not much of a baker. Something always happens to the cookie dough before I can bake it. It disappears. Same thing with raw pie dough.

Congrats Ann for finishing your paper! Yay!

Best wishes to Colin and a very speedy recovery.

I took the test–I am. (According to the test, anyway)....

Hestia. Goddess of the Hearth. She never married, but only because too many people like her and she didn’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings. She was the most gentle of the Greek Pantheon and she was way cool. Like her, you make people around you feel content and loved. Go You!

Well, that’s off. I’m nothing like that. I’ve always thought of myself as more of a Artemis–Goddess of the Hunt.

Speaking of harems, I was part of one at one time. When I used to go to Sci Fi cons the group I belonged to had a habit of stuffing as many people into a hotel room as possible to save money. People slept on the floor, in the bath tub, etc. My personal preference was the closet. Don’t knock it - it was like a private room. Being short can work to an advantage sometimes.

Where was I? Part of a harem–ahh yes. Anyway there was this really, really, really shy guy we all knew who we called, “Dan, the Ghost”. He couldn't say two words to a female.

Well, the ladies decided this had to change. The next convention, the seven (all different ages and some married already) of us got Dan to think he was going to room in with the guys. Surprise! Not only was he in the room with the seven of us, but we hung all over him everywhere he went. We fought over who got to walk on the left or right side and at dinner, we all slipped him a $20 so when the bill came, he whipped out a roll about an inch thick. NO ONE knew it wasn't his money and we played the whole thing as real.

He was the envy of every guy in the place. *chuckle*

Now, don’t get me wrong, nothing happened but here’s the payoff of the story. After that weekend, Dan wasn’t a ghost anymore. In fact, it was only a few months later that he found his lady love and got married. Alas, it was not me. :)

D
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Post by: Jennifer on November 26, 2003, 04:21:01 PM: BK you mentioned that you were not sure if you wanted to continue putting the notes up at midnight. I have a question. What time would they be up at if you do it the next morning? I think if you could do it at 7am/10am ET that would be okay. But I would hate to see the days notes only go up only at noon ET.
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Post by: Michael on November 26, 2003, 04:25:20 PM: Quote from: bk on November 26, 2003, 04:10:23 PM
.

No, I never heard of those nudie films. My inspirations (as I say on the commentary tracks) were specifically the terrible movies known as The Lustful Turk and She Came on the Bus.

I forgot about those films and they do exist here is a poster for both of them

(http://www.littleman.com/images/8/123588.jpg)
(http://www.somethingweird.com/Images/4396_lmc.jpg)
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Post by: Kerry on November 26, 2003, 04:31:57 PM: There are so many of you to add to the hottie list, but it WAS early when I typed my post, and there are so many of you I haven't met in person. Of course, Guy Haines himself would probably top the hottie list.
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Post by: MBarnum on November 26, 2003, 04:33:18 PM: Quote from: JRand53 on November 26, 2003, 03:00:39 PM
Like this, TCB? ;D

That is a yummilicious picture JRand53! Hmmm, will have to find THAT episode! LOL. When I interviewed Carolyn Kearney she had some choice words regarding the experience of working with Vince Edwards on BEN CASEY!

I have to admit though, that I have enjoyed the show..the very few episodes that I have seen.
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 26, 2003, 04:33:32 PM: Time for Rangers vs Panthers Hockey!!!!

Everyone have a great holiday!
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 26, 2003, 04:34:41 PM: OMG DR MDS....that Something Weird Video releases ALL the classics.
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Post by: MBarnum on November 26, 2003, 04:34:42 PM: Ok, the giant shirtless photo of Vince Edwards was supposed to show up in the quote in my last post. But it didn't.
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 26, 2003, 04:35:19 PM: Oh I got it from Brian's Drive In Theatre.....
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Post by: George on November 26, 2003, 04:37:44 PM: Jose asked: What Thanksgiving side-dish do you absolutely refuse to eat, cannot eat, will not eat, makes you sick at just the sight and smell of it?

Does it have to be a side dish? I hate turkey. Actually, the idea of eating anything that looks like it used to be alive is just disgusting to me. That's my eating disorder--I'm a picky eater! Anyway, I love sub sandwiches where the meat is sliced very thinly and it's all on a bun. Quizno's, Subway, Blimpie's, Port of Subs, The Sub Shop, etc.... They're all pretty good. But a turkey carcass with the bones and giblets and starting out raw and all that is pretty icky to me! Always has been, always will be. :P

Woody aksed what cookies do I like? To make: Nestle Toll House chocolate chip cookies are always very good, especially with walnuts. MMM!! :) To buy: I love Oreos (trans fat be damned).
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Post by: George on November 26, 2003, 04:53:52 PM: I hope that no one is offended by this, but a friend of mine e-mailed me this (fake) Sesame Street Thanksgiving picture. I was ROTFLMAO! ;D
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 26, 2003, 05:25:03 PM: Quote from: Mr. Mark Bakalor on November 26, 2003, 04:07:05 PM
Baby you can call it whatever you want... sultana, harem, concubine, mistress...

Dude!
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 26, 2003, 05:28:21 PM: Patient patient Colin is home and thanks you for your wishes. DR Danise: Colin & I are with you on the Brussel sprouts. Love them. The ones from Antwerp are not as tasty. The Brussel Sprouts are wonderful with a lemon sauce.
"Calling Dr Casey, can you mend a broken heart?" (J D Loudermilk). Who cares about the heart I am sure he could cure more than that for some DRs.)
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Post by: bk on November 26, 2003, 05:38:14 PM: What a load...of lovely posts! I'll be leaving work in about twenty minutes. And then I shall post when I get to the home environment.
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Post by: TCB on November 26, 2003, 05:41:58 PM: Quote from: JRand53 on November 26, 2003, 03:00:39 PM
Like this, TCB? ;D

JRand: You are saint, as well as a God!
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Post by: Danise on November 26, 2003, 06:30:45 PM: Was just surfing the net when I found that Meat Loaf has been in the hospital after he collapsed on stage. I didn’t even know about it until now! Thank goodness he’s ok. I read that he has Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome.

Lord, my heart skipped a beat when I first read he was in the hospital.(http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0903/sprachlos/speechless-smiley-020.gif)

Extra special healing vibes for him to get well soon.

Tom From OZ: Brussel sprouts. They were something I hated as a kid. Now I can’t get enough of them. Funny how your tastes can change as you get older.
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Post by: bk on November 26, 2003, 06:49:29 PM: Hey, what happened to everyone? Whar'd everybody go? Whar's Mark Hormones Bakalor and his bountiful bevy of babes? Whar's the plethora of posters? We started out so incredibly I thought we might be breaking some records today - of course, broken records are very difficult to play so maybe we should break something else, like Mr. Bakalor's hormones run amok.
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 26, 2003, 06:57:06 PM: Perhaps the holiday has struck already! There may be only François and myself to post for the next 4 days if everyone is out of town. I bought (cheap of course!) a copy of "Star 80" on DVD today. I have long wanted to see it despite the harsh words written about it and Mr Fosse's look at the unseemly side of show business.
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Post by: Emily on November 26, 2003, 06:58:54 PM: I'll tell you this BK, Mark and his harem aren't on MSN so you don't have anything to worry about regarding a certain "other" mode of communication. :)

I am putting the finale touches on my Mahdi paper and doggone it is great - if I do say so myself. Maybe I should consider taking more Middle Eastern related classes. I started off in CANPOL (Canadian Politics in acronym form) but have pretty much exhausted the interesting courses in that field... what do you all think? Should I make the jump?
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Post by: Emily on November 26, 2003, 06:59:46 PM: Tom: Jennifer, Andrea and I - as well as Dan in TO - will be making up while the Yankee Hainsies and Kimlets are stuffing themselves with... er... stuffing :)
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 26, 2003, 07:14:25 PM: Good indeed to know that no-one is alone. 50 posts each per day should just about get us there!
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Post by: Jennifer on November 26, 2003, 07:17:23 PM: Okay we must not spoil. But Emily did you see Survivor? Wow, wow, and double wow!
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Post by: SwishySarah on November 26, 2003, 07:24:23 PM: Craig says he won't marry me until I'm 18. Only a year and 4 months to go!

Sorry about being errant and truant, but we decided to go out to dinner. Well, my parents decided, and where, of all places, do they want to go? The restaurant where I work. It's just...weiiirrrrd. But I got my first paycheck for $145, which, along with the tips I've earned, puts me at about $300 so far. Kind of neat.

My computer keeps shutting down on me, or freezing, or taking 5 year to load things. I need a new one.

Did anyone else watch the "Saving Brandon" special on Dr. Phil today? It had me in tears when he was talking about his parents...reminds me so much of my brother. I really like Dr. Phil...

I'm thinking about trying out for a Cabaret night at McCormick and Schmick's, a local retaurant. A community theatre program is putting on a show, and they're holding auditions for singers, ages 14 and older. There are only 11 spots, but even if I don't get one, I think it would be good to get the audition in. I auditioned for The Sound of Music with the same program 2 years ago, and out of 700 kids who auditioned, they chose 3 to come to a callback for each part. I made the callback for Louisa, but I didn't make the cast (I was too tall...it's such a stupid burden, but I was taller than all of the Leisels!) Anyway, I get emails and snail mail from them all of the time now because I "made it that far". I think the audition might be a good way of getting my name in there, if that makes sense. Their shows are always really well put together.

The only problem would be that one of the performances is the same night that I'm supposed to see Mamma Mia! at the National Theatre in DC. I reeeeeally want to see the show, but I also want to be IN the cabaret night show. I suppose we shall see...

This was an incredibly long and pointless post. Oh well.
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 26, 2003, 07:29:09 PM: Long and pointless posts at HHW and that hasn't been done before! Go for the audition. Nothing would be worse than regrets later on.
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 26, 2003, 07:57:07 PM: Thanksgiving eve. Surely a time for Gunter to celebrate and make that first break through post.
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Post by: Jay on November 26, 2003, 07:57:39 PM: Here's an old, old joke, dedicated to Dear Reader JRand:

Did you hear about the boxing match last night?

No.

A hockey game broke out.

(Remember, there is no groaning at Haines His Way dot com.)
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Post by: Jay on November 26, 2003, 08:08:50 PM: I saw two movies this afternoon, Dear Readers. (Ah, the advantages of unemployment plus having no company or cooking to do for the holiday.)

You'll enjoy Bad Santa if you get a kick out of seeing a foul-mouthed drunkard crook, in the form of Mr. Billy Bob Thornton, playing St. Nick. The filmmakers try to blend in a redemption-by-taking-on-some-fatherly-aspects-with-a-totally-unsympathetic-kid story, but it didn't work for me.

The Haunted Mansion is not bad. Though I am not a big fan of Mr. Eddie Murphy, he is tolerable enough in this picture. The special effects--and there are many--are quite well done. Terrence Stamp is fun to watch as a ghostly butler, and Wallace Shawn and Jennifer Tilly are both wonderful in their supporting roles.
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 26, 2003, 08:10:30 PM: No applause for that one Jay! At least you broke the silence.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 26, 2003, 08:11:34 PM: I can assure you I will be posting all weekend. I have a dinner tomorrow afternoon, but otherwise, I will be home and on and off the internet each day, so there will be some people anchoring the boat.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 26, 2003, 08:26:17 PM: Well, I'm assuming the West Coasters are busy watching SURVIVOR or eating or starting to decorate for the holidays or something else equally stimulating. I, for one, must head off for bed having averaged only 5 1/2 hours of sleep over the past two nights. I am looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow REALLY late. Hope everyone has a pleasant evening.
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Post by: Jay on November 26, 2003, 08:27:09 PM: Oh, and just a small rant about the MPAA and its risible rating system and how things work in theatres.

At Bad Santa, which is most deservedly rated "R" for its potty-mouthed language, depiction of alcohol abuse and sexual situations, two young boys, well under 17 years of age, who undoubtably bought tickets to some other film playing in the multiplex, sat in front of me unaccompanied by an adult.

And how The Haunted Mansion, with its extended scene depicting gruesome images, got a "PG" rating and not one of "PG-13," is beyond me. There was no nudity or sex involved, so that's probably the reason.

Jack Valenti has announced his retirement, and I am hopeful that whoever takes his place addresses the whole rating system and makes it a meaningful one. The current system is a joke.
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 26, 2003, 08:27:51 PM: It is reassuring to know that Gods need sleep too.
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Post by: SwishySarah on November 26, 2003, 08:33:52 PM: I won't be around tomorrow after 10 am, and I won't be back until sometime around 5 on Friday. I'm going to my craaaaaazy aunt and uncles house.

Here's a little summary of them: My uncle is creepy, and he walks around on his tiptoes, and randomly comes up behind me and says "Would you like to go and sing with me Sarah?"...SCARY! My aunt is on waaaay too much Prozac, and thinks she has the most wonderful life ever, but sometimes the drugs go to her head and she has like nervous breakdowns. Really really weird. The 14 year old cousin is dating a 19 year old dropout, and she goes to therapy because she thinks her mother is out to ruin her life and possibly kill her. She loves running away. And the 11 year old cousin has every speech impediment known to man, from a lisp to a stutter. I can't understand a word she says. It's sad, actually.

So yes. I'll be full of stories on Friday.

Tom: I think I *am* going to try out. I mean, if I don't make it, I'll still have the audition, and I'll get to see Mamma Mia! If I make it, it'll be a great performance opportunity, and even though I won't get to see the show, I'll be IN a show. *content sigh*, I love it when things work out.
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Post by: Michael on November 26, 2003, 08:41:01 PM: I Just received my program for Hello, Dolly! When it played out of town. It is interesting to see all the work that did go into the show before it opened on Broadway. In today's techno world I don't think Hello, Dolly! would have survived.

The following is the program from the Detroit tryout. Scene by Scene. Song by Song. Changes are denoted in BOLD FACE.

Scene One: Dolly Levi's Parlor-Jackson Street, New York City

This scene was dropped. We never see Dolly's apartment in the stage version. We do however see it in the film version on Act Two when she sings "Love Is Only Love"

Scene Two Along Forth Avenue

This scene was dropped. I am surmising that this was a "In Front Of" scene. In other words a brief scene done in front of a closed curtain while the set is being changed.

Scene Three Grand Centeral Station
Song: I Put My Hand In

This is how the show opened on Broadway. There is also the brief chorus number Call On Dolly That was not listed in the program. Not sure if it was in Detropt at this point or not.
Scene Four: A Street In Yonkers

Another in Front of Scene that probably made it to the Broadway version. In the most recent revival (The one that Brice recorded) this scene was not here and Scene three went right into Scene Five

Scene Five: Vandergelder's Hay and Feed Store
Songs: It Takes A Woman & Put On Your Sunday Clothes (part one)

Scene Six: Yonker's Depot
Song: Put On Your Sunday Clothes (Part 2)

Scene Seven: Outside Mrs. Malloy's Hat Shop

Scene Eight: Inside Mrs. Malloy's Hat Shop
Songs: Ribbons Down My Back & Dancing (Part One)

The song Motherhood was added to this scene; was not written by Jerry Herman, but Bob Merril

Scene Eight: A Quiet Street
Song: Dancing Part Two

Scene 10: Joshua Van Groot's Emporium on Fulton Street
Songs Penny In My Pocket and I Put My Hand In Reprise

Of course this entire scene was dropped in favor of the more specatular Act one finale: Before the Parade Passes By and the scene was reset on 14th Street. As they said no one really cared how Horace made his money they were more interested in Dolly[/color]

More to come
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Post by: bk on November 26, 2003, 08:51:19 PM: More, please. Always fascinating to read this stuff. And yes, the creators were OUT OF TOWN and no amount of NY chit chat could stop them from doing their work - today, of course, people would be all over this and posting and posting and bitching and telling the creators what they would do and the whole thing would be so public that the creators would be in panic mode rather than calmly fixing what needed to be fixed. And therein lies the problem with the world of theater today.
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Post by: Charles Pogue on November 26, 2003, 08:55:01 PM: Thank God, Jack Valenti, the old cultural imperialist, has retired! Can I have my screeners now? Once weekend in Beaune, France, at a film conference, I was lionized by the French for taking Valenti on about cramming American crap entertainment on Europe. Director Claude Lansmann called me a hero and I was treated like I was Jerry Lewis the rest of the weekend. Of course, personally, Jack's likeable enough and, at another French film festival here in LA, he did introduce me to Jacqueline Bisset.
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Post by: Michael on November 26, 2003, 08:57:26 PM: Hello Dolly in Detriot

ACT TWO

Scene One: In Front Of the Hoffman Hotel
Song: You're A Damn Exasperating Woman

The Scene was dropped in its entirity. From the song I guess that Dolly was in the scene. They made the better choice of waiting for her grand entrance in Hello Dolly.

This scene was substituted with a new scene with Barnaby, Cornelius, Irene and Minnie Fay. The song Elegance was written for this spot and Bob Merrill wrote and not Jerry Herman.

Scene Two: Outside the Harmonia Gardens

Another In Front of Scene. But this was probably dropped when Elegance was done as the in front of.

Scene Three: Harmonia Gardens
Songs: The Waiter's Gallop, Hello Dolly! and No A Million Times No.

No A Million Times No was probably sung at the table scene between Dolly and Horace. (You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine)

The Following scene is really a continuation of this scene.

Scene Four: Tableaux Vignettes
Song: Come and Be My Butterfly

This is the continuations of Scene three and goes back and forth between the Dolly table, Cornelius table, and thge Ambrose Table.

The song Come and Be my Butterfly actually made it to opening night on Broadway but was dropped in favor of the Dance Contest. The original number had Ambrose, Muses, Nymphettes, Flowers and Butterflies. It would have been interesting to hear or have seen this
number.

Scene Five: Courtroom
Songs: It Only Takes a Moment and The Goodbye Song

The Goodbye Song ws dropped in Favor of Song Long Dearie

Scene Six: The Hay and Feed Store
Song: Hello Dolly! Reprise
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Post by: bk on November 26, 2003, 08:58:33 PM: Charles Pogue, I have always felt you were like Jerry Lewis.

Charles Pogue, how dare you meet Jackie Bisset without ME being there.

All right, who is having a private MSN CONVERSATION WITH HORMONAL MARK BAKALOR?
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Post by: Michael on November 26, 2003, 09:00:54 PM: How can BK tell that MB is chatting on MSN? Spooky. 1984ish.
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Post by: Michael on November 26, 2003, 09:03:11 PM: It is interesting to note that Glenn Walken played Barnaby in the Detroit Cast and was replaced by Jerry Dodge. Glenn would change his name to Christopher and go onto a oscar winning film career.
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Post by: Michael on November 26, 2003, 09:09:14 PM: Intereting names in the ensemble David Hartman, Barbara Sharma, Mary Jo Catlett, Marilynne Mason and John Mineo who is still performing and is still in the cast of the current revival of Chicago on Broadway.
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Post by: bk on November 26, 2003, 09:13:47 PM: I'll tell you how easy it is to know about the MSN thing - Swishy, Andrea and Mark were all signed on but weren't perusing the board - as soon as I mentioned it they all magically disappeared to go into their own land. Mark "Hormones" Bakalor has once again usurped the young ladies of HHW and they are playing their little private thing and that is fine. Kind of defeats the purpose of this board, of course, but such is life in the big bad world.
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Post by: Emily on November 26, 2003, 09:26:00 PM: BK - nothing would ever defeat the purpose of this board. It's just that I think most DRs would prefer if we kept Mark's hormonal outbursts outside of the main thread of discussion, don't you? ;)
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Post by: bk on November 26, 2003, 09:33:46 PM: Mark's hormonal outbursts are his affair. But when it takes people away who would normally be posting right now, then I find it a bit snarky, to tell you the truth. Snarky has become my new favorite word.
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Post by: bk on November 26, 2003, 09:42:50 PM: I also find the fact that about eight people are perusing and not posting snarky.
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Post by: bk on November 26, 2003, 09:43:28 PM: I ate some snarky popcorn, too, and now I'm feeling a bit snarky.
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Post by: Craig on November 26, 2003, 09:43:53 PM: if you over use snarky it becomes a non word. It disappears into the ether....
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Post by: bk on November 26, 2003, 09:46:32 PM: Maya, you've come back!
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Post by: bk on November 26, 2003, 09:47:37 PM: What am I, doing a monologue? What am I, Henny Youngman? What am I, Spaulding Gray?
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Post by: Craig on November 26, 2003, 09:53:15 PM: I'm glad you typed that SP(alding) Gray hehe
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 26, 2003, 09:54:09 PM: Should we be discussing "The Hunting Of the Snark"? It has a beautiful song performed by Art Garfunkel "As Long As The Moon Can Shine" - not a song I would get snarky about at all.
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Post by: William E. Lurie on November 26, 2003, 09:54:53 PM: Unlike other boards where people can't wait to post reviews until a show is officially open I will reserve further comments on NEVER GONNA DANCE until next week. All I will say now is if anyone is planning on coming to NYC order your tickets now while they are still available because

MUSICAL COMEDY IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING AT THE BROADHURST THEATRE
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Post by: bk on November 26, 2003, 09:57:02 PM: That sounds like a positive assessment. And not snarky at all. And not hormonal at all.

Maya, speak to us for God's sake.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on November 26, 2003, 09:57:09 PM: Sound the trumpets! I am sooo looking forward to the next 36 hours or so... Rest, relaxation, sleep! Today's understudy rehearsal went very well, and we actually got through the whole show. However, after that five hours and then the show, it made for a very long day in the theatre. And since the antihistamine I'm taking made me drowsy - it usually doesn't - I was "in and out" all day - during the rehearsal and during the show. Thankfully, no missed cues, and it was a good show tonight. Very good audience. I wish all the cast and crew members travelling tonight... Safe travels!

As for cookies: I like 'em all. Ones I'm partial too - almost anything chocolate chip, preferably chocolate chunk. The small natural foods store near me in Richmond carries a line of cookies in their bakery case. There is a chocolate chip cookie variation they have that has mixed nuts in it - almonds, pecans, brazil nuts, etc. Quite yummy. I'm also a big fan of shortbread, plain and flavored ones - I had some exquisitely delicate green tea ones last year from Takashimaya. And Mexican/Greek wedding cakes are another favorite - or any other ball-shaped cookie rolles in confectioner's sugar.

As for parts I'd like to play in the theatre... The one that sits very close to my heart is Georges/George from Sunday in the Park with George. However, I also have a feeling it would be quite the emotional trip to go through each night. Just watching that show makes me cry every time. And I know what "Finishing the Hat" means now. Ah, well... Lived and learned. I would also like to play Toby in Sweeney Todd.

Well, I'm gonna wrap things up... I'll check back in when I wake up... and who knows what time that will be!?!?! ;D
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Post by: bk on November 26, 2003, 09:59:06 PM: Wrap things up? Don't you mean rap things up - yo, homie.

Maya, speak to us for God's sake.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 26, 2003, 09:59:11 PM: Maybe you're Tom from Oz.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 26, 2003, 09:59:51 PM: Quote from: Tom from OZ on November 26, 2003, 08:27:51 PM
It is reassuring to know that Gods need sleep too.

Reassuring to whom? Did you forget that you, too, are an HHW God?

: )
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Post by: bk on November 26, 2003, 10:00:22 PM: Speeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek.

(http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0903/sehrgrosse/large-smiley-004.gif)
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on November 26, 2003, 10:01:06 PM: My, what a lot of posts today. It will take some time to catch up with all of them!
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Post by: Maya on November 26, 2003, 10:01:56 PM: LOL, I AM here, BK, catching up on the posts!

Please don't be offended, BK, if I, and the rest of the gals, do talk to Mark on MSN sometimes...it really doesn't take anything away from HHW or our love for this board. Emily is right though....I mean, if we kept all our risque comments and jokes to the board, it would SOO no longer be a family site!

Well, Elf was very, very funny....I think Will Ferrell is my new favorite movie funny man. He was just loveable and hilarious and I just can't say enough about his performance...how he was able to be so endearingly funny without veering on the annoying! And Zooey Deschanel...she sings a few songs in the movie...someone put this woman in a musical! She can really croon!

George---that pic was so wrong....and sooo funny.

Swishy--Definitely think you should do the cabaret show! You would be divoon.

Jay--thanks for the reviews!

Now I'd better post before BK breaks out the bitch-slapping machine!
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Post by: td on November 26, 2003, 10:03:22 PM: Not errant or truant here, but, following the kitchen preparations for tomorrow's feat of fowl, I sat down to watch half of CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG on dvd and ended up watching the whole movie.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY DEAR READERS and HOST!!!

And, very special THANKSGIVING to a DR, whose presence would have added to the festivity as much as his present will. . .
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Post by: bk on November 26, 2003, 10:04:43 PM: Sometimes is fine. Hours is snarky if it costs us POSTS. POSTS are the thing. I know Mark "Hormones" Bakalor could never replace this board. I just hate to lose our little posting frenzies because five or six girl and boy toys are off doing the private thing. But, that's just me.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 26, 2003, 10:05:34 PM: It never rains but when it pours!
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Post by: Maya on November 26, 2003, 10:09:43 PM: Long live posting frenzies! Those will never go away!

Well, I should probably say goodbye to everyone now. My family is leaving for NYC bright and early tomorrow morning, and I doubt I will have internet access for a few days (I'm going to have sooo much catching up to do!) I WILL be seeing Nine and Wonderful Town on Saturday, so I will try to spend the interim between shows at Easy Everything on 42nd Street. God bless those internet cafes!

Anyway, if I don't get to post sooner, I want to wish everyone a:
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Happy and post-happy Thanksgiving!!![/move]

Have fuuuunnnnn!
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Post by: bk on November 26, 2003, 10:09:52 PM: You know, only about eighteen more snarky posts and we cross over the 9000 mark. The 9000 mark is good, the other mark is hormonal.
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 26, 2003, 10:12:12 PM: Just wondered why I was tired. I have not slept since I got here. I thought we were supposed to ever present. I forgot to read the instruction manual. Of course it may indeed be reassuring to others that Gods indeed have some remaining human qualities and needs.
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Post by: Craig on November 26, 2003, 10:26:38 PM: wondering if Maya is going to email me to meet up.. hmmmmm
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Post by: George on November 26, 2003, 10:28:27 PM: Here's my late night post:

The Dimetapp that I've been taking seems to be keeping my cold symptoms at bay. Why they want to be at the bay is beyond me, but that's where they are...and that's a good thing. :)

Tomorrow (which, thankfully, is Thanksgiving Day) my parents are having dinner at around 4:00 p.m. and I've been invited. Today, I bought a pumpkin cheesecake to be consumed tomorrow and I also have some Almond Roca...not to be combined, mind you, but just to have another dessert option. After watching the Macy's parade in the morning, I have no plans until dinner. I plan to do nothing except watch TV and record a couple more records to make CDs out of them. Them's my plans.

Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone who celebrates! And if you don't...have a good day, otherwise. ;D
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Post by: bk on November 26, 2003, 10:37:12 PM: More hot posts, more hot posts.

I'm watching Powell and Pressburger's phantasmagoria, The Tales of Hoffman. Quite a feast for the eyes and ears.
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Post by: Jason on November 26, 2003, 10:39:39 PM: Gee, whiz, it's been a long day! I went into MTI around 11:00 and the office closed at 3:00, so I walked my happy little rump up to the Loews at Lincoln Square and I saw Opie's new movie, "The Missing." I swear I've seen this movie before...several times before, in fact. Just call it "The Injun Stole My Daughter." I thought I was in for some kind of Dr. Quinn meets the Blair Witch, but no... It was a beautiful movie, visually speaking, and Ms. Cate Blanchett basically can do no wrong, but that's about all I can say about it. It wasn't bad--just bland. But I did enjoy some popcorn and Sour Patch Kids, which I love...just not together.

After the movie, I ran post-haste to the Met where I worked from 7:00 to 12:15 (LE NOZZE DI FIGARO) and then it took me a good hour to get home.

Anywho, when I got home, one of my CDs finally arrived from Amazon. No DVDs from NetFlix, but one of my CDs...the Bette Midler GYPSY. I'm actually enjoying it!

Tomorrow I must rise at the crack of noon and hie myself to the home of my wonderful boss from the Met. He and his wife are taking me in for the holiday and feeding me what promises to be a wonderful meal. I'm excited to eat real food, but a little nervous about being the only non-family member at their holiday celebration. I'm afraid I'll feel very out of place. Oh, well...I'll do my best to enjoy myself and try not to think about my entire family gathering back home...all 75 of them.
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Post by: Jay on November 26, 2003, 10:44:32 PM: As if it weren't already so, the Macy's Parade will be must watch TV tomorrow, as Mr. Harvey Fierstein--in the persona of Edna Turnblad--will be appearing as Mrs. Santa Claus.

For Mr. Fierstein's thoughts on this momentous occasion, click on this link to his op-ed column, which appeared in Wednesday's New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/26/opinion/26FIER.html (http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/26/opinion/26FIER.html)
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Post by: bk on November 26, 2003, 10:48:09 PM: I am quite certain that within the next forty-five minutes we will reach the amazing 9000 post mark.
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Post by: bk on November 26, 2003, 11:01:43 PM: Yes, I feel confidant that one of our board browsers will post and help us push us over the 9000 mark, oh, yes, I feel confidant that our board browsers won't just sit there for the next hour like so much fish.
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Post by: Jay on November 26, 2003, 11:06:17 PM: Actually, this board browser is going to bed, where I will ~~lay~~ ~~(or is it lie?)~~ take a supine position, like so much fish. That is, of course, assuming fish can take a supine position.

And with that, Happy Thanksgiving wishes to all.
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Post by: TCB on November 26, 2003, 11:27:32 PM: Gee, I guess everyone went off to stuff their bird!
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 26, 2003, 11:38:00 PM: Must depart to cook dinner for Colin and a friendly Bear who has come to visit. Our own special Thanksgiving. Have a great day everyone.
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 26, 2003, 11:38:39 PM: There will be none of that in this house TCB.
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Post by: TCB on November 26, 2003, 11:54:04 PM: Quote from: Michael Shayne on November 26, 2003, 09:03:11 PM
It is interesting to note that Glenn Walken played Barnaby in the Detroit Cast and was replaced by Jerry Dodge. Glenn would change his name to Christopher and go onto a oscar winning film career.

The thought of Christopher Walken playing Barnaby in HELLO DOLLY will probably give me nightmares.
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Post by: Craig on November 26, 2003, 11:56:50 PM: We have reached at least one milestone - 9000 posts
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Post by: bk on November 26, 2003, 11:58:17 PM: Hoo and ray - we made it! Now, on to 10,000 as fast as we can, because then I will safely be able to say that soon we will be the most popular site on all the Internet.
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Post by: Craig on November 27, 2003, 12:05:54 AM: There is indeed something wacky going on. We hit 9000 posts and now I am an admin (status) and Mark is listed as a Guest? Mark - if you're out there.. what the heck in tarnation is going on???